Thread: Is this razor restorable/worth restoring?

Saw it, was looking at it as well, and it's just way too far gone in my opinion, Euclid is right on the money....beautiful blade for sure, but not much would be left when done with it, if it would even take an edge.

It might make a decent letter opener or Sweeney Todd costume prop.

One of us who makes razors could restore it, by completely regrinding it.
As a restoration project with elbow grease and sandpaper, not so much.

How much would it cost to have it restored? And do you think I could do the same thing with a dremel or a belt sander?

I bet with a full set of polishing wheels and going thru all the different compounds it could get nice and shinny again. You might not get all the pitting out and who knows if it would shave, but it would make a nice display piece if nothing else. But, this would need to be done by someone with all the right equipment. Not a dremel. Plus with the condition it is in I don't think id pay that much for it. Too much work to bring it back. This is coming from someone who has not done much restoring. I'd say stay away and look some more.

Originally Posted by TheReaper

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Hey guys I found this razor on ebay and was wondering if it was worth restoring/restorable. The pitting worries me even if it is a wedge design. There is plenty of blade material to work on as it is 1 1/8 inches.

I almost bought this razor myself. not sure about fully restored but it can definitely be brought back to shave ready. But looking at the pitting I would say you would have to have the blade re-ground and the pitting look on the tag will probably be permanent. Also after regrinding I wouldn't expect that razor to be much larger than 7/8 of an inch if at all. But this is just speculation.

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Originally Posted by aaron1234

I almost bought this razor myself. not sure about fully restored but it can definitely be brought back to shave ready. But looking at the pitting I would say you would have to have the blade re-ground and the pitting look on the tag will probably be permanent. Also after regrinding I wouldn't expect that razor to be much larger than 7/8 of an inch if at all. But this is just speculation.

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By becoming 7/8 of an inch it would take away the only good thing this razor has, its size. It is truly unfortunate that it has so much pitting because if it didn't it would be beautiful.

Originally Posted by TheReaper

By becoming 7/8 of an inch it would take away the only good thing this razor has, its size. It is truly unfortunate that it has so much pitting because if it didn't it would be beautiful.

That's why I haven't tried to get it[emoji53] [emoji17]

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Originally Posted by Gasman

I bet with a full set of polishing wheels and going thru all the different compounds it could get nice and shinny again. You might not get all the pitting out and who knows if it would shave, but it would make a nice display piece if nothing else. But, this would need to be done by someone with all the right equipment. Not a dremel. Plus with the condition it is in I don't think id pay that much for it. Too much work to bring it back. This is coming from someone who has not done much restoring. I'd say stay away and look some more.

Here's a pic of a blade I bought that was deeply pitted, really was beyond restoration, but a member here did exactly that and polished it up and honed it. I'd say it was not anywhere near as bad as that razor, here's a pic from before.



And here is after:



I'd say the blade in question is way, way down the path from where this blade started.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Here's a pic of a blade I bought that was deeply pitted, really was beyond restoration, but a member here did exactly that and polished it up and honed it. I'd say it was not anywhere near as bad as that razor, here's a pic from before.



And here is after:



I'd say the blade in question is way, way down the path from where this blade started.

Phrank, your version of "beyond restoration" and mine are vastly different! As for the razor in question, that pitting at the heel is DEEP. serioiusly deep.
You may never get to clean steel without turning it into a full hollow, and even then...

But I COULD see making it work with a heel taper and grinding away only the heel, thus leaving at least some size to the rest of the blade.

If he drops it down to 20 bucks I'll pick it up and play with it and give it away to whomever wants it when I'm done.