Thread: First Ebay Purchased Razor & Subsequent Restoration Attempt

Very nice looking after the cleanup!!
Genco/Geneva razors are usually excellent, going from 6/8 to a 9/16 (my guess to what size that is) is kind of a jump, your angles could be off a bit. The same thing happens to me every time I use a 9/16-4/8.

You did a nice cleanup on the razor. Did you use any tape when you reset the bevel?

Nice first restoration.
It could be your angles or it might just need to be stropped on plain leather a few more times to smooth it out. I usually give a blade 3 shave sessions to see if the comfort is there or not.

Originally Posted by criswilson10

Nice first restoration.
It could be your angles or it might just need to be stropped on plain leather a few more times to smooth it out. I usually give a blade 3 shave sessions to see if the comfort is there or not.

That's good advice. I hadn't thought about it until just now, but I used a different soap when I shaved with this razor, and it's a soap that unfortunately in the past has caused me some irritation. I'll give this razor a few more shaves and see how it does.

Originally Posted by feltspanky

You did a nice cleanup on the razor. Did you use any tape when you reset the bevel?

We taped it initially but the tape was gunking up the stone.So in the end we took it off. I had a feeling that might happen, and it did. Any idea what brand of tape will hold up better?

I've had good luck with heavy duty electrical tape (Cellpack PVC) but heard good things about the 3M tape. I only get slight issues when I use an oil stone with the Cellpack, the top layer stops sticking to the lowest layers.

Originally Posted by rodb

Very nice looking after the cleanup!!
Genco/Geneva razors are usually excellent, going from 6/8 to a 9/16 (my guess to what size that is) is kind of a jump, your angles could be off a bit. The same thing happens to me every time I use a 9/16-4/8.

So my guess is that I'd need to tighten up the angle when shaving with this then? Closer to the face? Still 30 degrees, less more? Is it just a tendency to to widen up on the angle when using a much narrower blade?

Still the same angle, with less blade it's easier get the angle off. Smaller blades are like sports cars, turn the wheel to fast or much and you are in the ditch!! lol

Originally Posted by Slurryer

So my guess is that I'd need to tighten up the angle when shaving with this then? Closer to the face? Still 30 degrees, less more? Is it just a tendency to to widen up on the angle when using a much narrower blade?

I had a look at this razor through some loupes I received in the mail just a bit ago, and can see some definite issues remaining on the edge. Although most of the pitting is removed, I can still see some areas along the blade, within the bevel, and a few spots above the bevel where pitting is preventing a continuous blade. I'll definitely see if I can get edge past the pitting. Here's the loupes.

I'd love to show the pitting through the loupe, but haven't figured that out

Nice work on the restoration. Angle will vary with razor size. Also one thing that I noticed was that you pasted the razor 3 times to be happy with the egde. You should be happy with the egde off the 8k and then the pastes should smooth it out and add a little more. My suggestion is try to get a edge your happy with off the t8k before moving forward. Also a good stropping will work wonders.