Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by engine46

Yep. They're bad about that.

Yeah, Solingen celluloid is the worst. They didn't want scales being eaten by bugs so they made scales that eat blades.

Originally Posted by outback

That's a shame, Josh. So typical of the DD's, they never stay like new..

Yeah, I wondered if your DD would be in the original scales long.

I'll oil them up and put them with the other future projects. Trying to sort some of this stuff out while I'm sick anyway.

That blade still looks good, Josh. My Satinedge had a red wedge which was going nuts. Got it out, cleaned it up and into something stable.
I hope you do same. They ain't making any more!

Started in on a little 4/8ths smiling razor, last night.

Don't know what it was, originally. But I see its been reground. I found it interesting that it was a smiler, and a narrow blade....so what the hey.!





I figured I'd better take a pic, being I just started with 600 greaseless, and didn't take before pics of my last one

Think it is a pipe razor, Mike?

Did they normally do the regrinding with the scales on?

From this tang this is how this one was done.

Yup. Looks like they made a lil fella out of a bigger one.....WITH the scales on.

I think the stem of the pipe is what I see in pic 1?

[QUOTE=sharptonn;1953270]That blade still looks good, Josh. My Satinedge had a red wedge which was going nuts. Got it out, cleaned it up and into something stable.
I hope you do same. They ain't making any more!

That's the best thing you can do with ones that are prone to cell rot. That or make some acrylic scales the same color.
I saw a complete lot of razors not long ago and some of the others started.They had all been left together.

I am inclined to give the makers a bit of a pass on celluloid scales. Razors of all types have always been consumable products, they get used and used up, especially with ham fisted barbers using aggressive barber hones. My guess is that the makers never in their wildest dreams anticipated that their razors would be around 100 years later.

Same with shaving soap. It was intended by most makers to be opened and used until it’s used up. A shaving soap is not a product that was intended by the makers to be used once a month for 25 years. Most soaps, and most razors do fine with occasional use, but some ‘high fat’ artisan soaps and of course celluloid scales, are prone to failing over a period of time longer than probably the makers intended them to be used.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

That blade still looks good, Josh. My Satinedge had a red wedge which was going nuts. Got it out, cleaned it up and into something stable.
I hope you do same. They ain't making any more!

I already pulled the scales off, just need to clean the blade up. Hopefully that pitting isn't deep on that thin blade.
Had to pull my only set of striped scales off a blade too!

Originally Posted by engine46

That's the best thing you can do with ones that are prone to cell rot. That or make some acrylic scales the same color.
I saw a complete lot of razors not long ago and some of the others started.They had all been left together.

I would like to rescale a lot the rot rot prone scales I have in matching colors, eventually. Besides the lack of time/workspace, I would need to track down the materials.

You don't HAVE to use striped scales, Josh! Just some better ones!