Thread: on a budget anyone know anyone who does cheap straight restores?

Hi im nee here and a aspiring barber student. I am into vintage straights and safety razors and am looking to restore a few to use on family friends and self. But I have a son wnd another another on the way so cant afford to pay much. Does anyone have any recommendations on anyone? These will b put to use so it needs to be a quality job. Thanks in advance for any help!-john

Look at the classified's here, we weed out the crabgrass pretty quickly. THe cheapest restorer is yourself, otherwise you are paying for a professional's time.

Where are you located? Do you have a razor to restore?

California and I have 2 to restore

Do you have pics?
What level of restore would you like?
I'd be willing to do one for you. Check out my posts for restores Ive done.

I will get you pics asap, do you have texting? That would be way easier for me... one needs a pretty intense restore but blade is in good shape. The other needs a real minimal one mainly just needs the blade and scales polished up.

If it's just for learning to shave, they don't need to be restored. They just need to be sharpened.
Or you buy a cheap blade from our classifieds which also means you can get started shaving.
Good restoration costs money. You're paying for someone's time.
And there is also no sense in spending 100$ to restore a 50$ blade.

As all have said, check the classifieds here. If it doesn't have to be vintage, buy an entry level Dovo or Boker from Straight Razor Designs and it will honed quite keen.

Originally Posted by Bruno

If it's just for learning to shave, they don't need to be restored. They just need to be sharpened.
Or you buy a cheap blade from our classifieds which also means you can get started shaving.
Good restoration costs money. You're paying for someone's time.
And there is also no sense in spending 100$ to restore a 50$ blade.

And sterilized!

Originally Posted by 2010johnjef

The other needs a real minimal one mainly just needs the blade and scales polished up.

In that case, you really need some fine sandpaper/steel wool/metal polish, and a honing job. Depending on what your scales are made of, perhaps some neatsfoot oil. And that's about it. Send it to a pro to be honed for sure, but if it doesn't need to be fully restored, consider doing the rest yourself. The tools/equipment required are very, very simple and cheap.

There's a big difference between a full-on restore and cleaning up a razor. It sounds like this one may be more towards the latter. But as noted above, pics would help.