Haven't posted in a while, but not because I wasn't working on anything. More like...life has been too busy, to give me much time for posting a crap pile of pics of rusty razors, turned bright, shiny, and shaving again.
What some of you may remember, is me making a deal with a new member, that joined the forum last August.
He went by the name of Hardeeo2020_ He was looking for someone to clean up n hone a couple of razors from his fathers collection, ( used to be a barber ) that he'd inherited. ( 36 in all )
The deal was, that Johntoad, another SRD member, offered to buy a certain, Clauss USMC from hardeeo's collection. I told Hardeeo I'd clean up his razors of choice, no charge, but for shipping to me, Johns included.
What I ended up with, was all 36 razors, minus the rusty, cell rot razor, and a few barbers hones, and a near wore out coti. Johns razor was singled out in a ziplock, with a piece of paper that had a list of Hardeeoo's ,razors to restore. Which he added a couple more too, from which was agreed on. But that's why he sent it all....the others were mine, for the work, and appreciation.
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I've never dealt with a "lot", like that.!
Everything must have been coated with some type of grease, or petroleum jelly, at one time. But it had dried out, and got real sticky. I had to spray them down with goo gone, then scrub with a brush, using degreaser, and Lava hand soap.
So after much work, I managed to salvage 24 of 29.
Almost all had a frown, if lucky, just the beginning of a frown. Some, from bad honing techniques, others were honed into the stabilizer,
All blades were brought back with 3M metal restorer/ polish, and 000 steel wool.
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