Thread: Let the first restore begin!

Just started my first restoration of a w.h.morely and sons clover brand. No pics of before but scales were in bad shape so no problem pulling them off this is after first pass over with dremel 180 grit

Be careful !!! Are you using a flap wheel or drum ? Either way my advice is to keep it moving . 2 reasons. 1. heat 2. low spots ( as in you don't want to make any). Although there may be temptation to concentrate on a small group of pits or something, you will regret it when you find in your final polish a ding in your mirror ( Think fun house). Make sure your direction is always going off the edge. Last thing you want is a launch situation. Did I mention Be Careful ?
I have noticed that sometimes even though you are using a 180 grit the grit must sometimes roll out and leave 80 grit scratches. This will make the hand sanding all that more time consuming. Sometimes a Dremmel will save time and sometimes it adds to it.

Did I mention Be Careful ? You do not want to post in "Cut of the day". Just ask 3 finger Louie !

Looking at the tang of the razor and parts of the blade,You are destroying it with the Dremel.
A Dremel Is NOT a tool for restoration work,JMO

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Looking at the tang of the razor and parts of the blade,You are destroying it with the Dremel.
A Dremel Is NOT a tool for restoration work,JMO

Regrind maybe but yeah, that's what I was trying to say in a hidden, round about, do you get it, kind of way :<0)

I noticed that I was doing more harm than goodafter that first pass and put off the project for now. What would be a good place to start when I pick back up? Just looking for helpful advice here, considering this is my first attempt at restoration things like "you are destroying that blade" or "dremel is not a tool for restoration" without mentioning a way to correct my mistakes isn't really helping at all. Just sayin...

Always stuck in bright red at the top of this forum

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html


It is very well named too


There are even threads in there about how to use a dremel correctly and safely, though most of us call them "Razor Killers"

I know haha read it a few times, guess what I'm looking for is some opinions on what works better for other people like should I switch to hand sanding and what the best method some of the more senior guys use.

Looking at the first picture, there appears to be some unevenness in the spine where the wheel has caught it - unfortunately you may already have caused more damage than may be recoverable. Hand sanding back to even steel could take many, many hours so depending on what value you put on the razor you may want to consider sending it to a restorer to get their opinion. The classified section carries many names for this service.

Pixelfixed may have been a little blunt in his message - but nonetheless he's exactly right, these kind of tools can cause mayhem due to the complete lack of control and feel.

Truth and Honesty Time

You tore the crap outta the spine by running a dremel over that, it HAS to be evened back up along with whatever damage you did to the belly of the blade and the edge, that I cannot tell from the pics only very close inspection with magnification and experienced fingers can tell..

Basically you broke the first rule of Restoration and you did it on a really awesome razor, Clovers are one of my personal favs to work on, they are so smooth on the face..

"Rush a Restore, Wreck a Razor"


Impatience is a bad thing for a SR shaver


Again there is a Meet in Spokane in less than two weeks, you will learn more there in that one day then by reading posts for 6 months...

K well looks like ill be sending it in then, the only reason I chose that one to work on first is because it was in worse condition than the others I have