Thread: What are you working on?

Real nice as usual Mike.
Let's see that railroad track pinning anvil...

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by petercp4e

Real nice as usual Mike.
Let's see that railroad track pinning anvil...

Pete <:-}

Here's a cute little no-name razor I picked up today for $11.25 at an "antique depot." It had a fair deal of rust but cleaned up nicely, and I just honed it and will try shaving with it tomorrow.

To remove the rust I first used the razor blade approach I've read of here, but it turned out the pitting underneath was pretty deep. Happily the worst was confined to two spots near the spine.

As you can see, it has no shank markings or markings at all. It was in the box I've photographed, but I certainly can't tell whether that was the original box. Is that common, having no markings? It doesn't look to me like anyone ever attempted to restore it before.

No markings is not completely uncommon. I think most guys have a no name or two hanging around. Most of them were produced with the intent of having company logos put on them. Barber supply companies, hardware chains and hotels would commonly get them with names on them. It looks like maybe ivory scales, those are not often found on just any razor. Some companies used them a lot and others periodically. 'm going to guess that tomorrows shave will be just fine.

One of my best shavers is a no name. Bought it before I learned to do my own honing and the edge put on it by cudarunner has only been ocassionaly touched up. Going strong for about three years now and loving it.

Originally Posted by jmabuse

Here's a cute little no-name razor I picked up today for $11.25 at an "antique depot." It had a fair deal of rust but cleaned up nicely, and I just honed it and will try shaving with it tomorrow.

To remove the rust I first used the razor blade approach I've read of here, but it turned out the pitting underneath was pretty deep. Happily the worst was confined to two spots near the spine.

As you can see, it has no shank markings or markings at all. It was in the box I've photographed, but I certainly can't tell whether that was the original box. Is that common, having no markings? It doesn't look to me like anyone ever attempted to restore it before.

I've got one identical to yours, and a few others. All are great shavers.

Awesome job pinning up those ivory scales, outback. That's a delicate bit of precision peen work and a fine line between enough and too much. Excellent results!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Awesome job pinning up those ivory scales, outback. That's a delicate bit of precision peen work and a fine line between enough and too much. Excellent results!

The wedge ends were the spookiest, wasn't sure if the repairs would hold.
But when I heard the familiar ring from my anvil, I knew I had it beat.

Mike!
Love the railroad track peening anvil!
Where the heck do you get pieces of rr track??

Pete <:-}

You can find rail at scrapyards, flea markets, estate sales, they pop up just about anywhere.
To see the before pics of Mike's peening anvil, go to
Forum > Maintenance, Repair, and Restoration > The Workshop > My humble pinning anvil
and look for post #20.