Thread: 7 Day Set Restore Advice

Hello all,

I just got a 7-day set from eBay. The razors were sole by W.J. Guy, a perfumiere based in Piccadilly, London sometime in the 1900's I believe. The blades are all hollow ground, and were ground in Sheffield around 1900. The box is in pretty bad shape, however it says W.J. Guy 65-66 Piccadilly inside the lid, and each blade is stamped with W.J. Guy, 45 Albemarle Street W1.

The blades also say Made & Ground in Sheffield, England, which may help with dating.

I am comfortable restoring and re-honing the blades. There is slight pitting, but the edges are all straight, with barely any rust spots visible. They will polish up very nice I think, one of them is still razor sharp.

The scales are dirty, loose, and there are some hairline fractures in the areas around the hinge pins on a couple. There are no special features about the scales, probably Bakelite or some early plastic composite.

My question is, would you re-scale these, or try and clean and re-pin the scales? The set has been kept very well, and I think will be worth a bit once I've tidied them up. I don't think I can save the box, but my friend is a leather worker, and I may ask him to make me a custom razor roll for the set.


Any advice on a restoring strategy would be most welcome!


Cheers! Mark.