Thread: Guess I am going to learn how to do restorations

Learn to download pics to the forum. IMO, using hosting sites is not good. You are giving them your pics to use as they want and they will likely one day disappear, rendering threads here completely useless.

BEFORE bidding on Ebay 'restorations and projects', do yourself a huge favor and save a pic of a razor for sale and google that razor and compare google images of beautiful, clean examples of the same razor to the prospective purchase. In most cases, you will see lots of wear from damage, honing, and stropping on abrasives.
Once the original profile of a razor is gone, it ain't coming back. Won't ever shave properly, and is as worthless as when you begin as when you are done.
Buy 1 nice razor instead of 20 junkers. You cannot restore what is gone. Cringing at what I CAN see from your pics, this is my advise.
Ebay is loaded with junk these days. I used to find lots of really nice blades and scales but now could look for hours and not see any whatsoever.
Things others have 'restored' are usually most frightening.

I am not saying it's hopeless, but knowledge gained is better than money tossed.
Most big piles of 'razors for restoration' or 'collections' up for bids are usually the result of purchases similar to this that are being moved along.
Salvaging a blade or 2 and a few sets of scales is sometimes possible. Rarely any more.


I will not be offering any opinions on individual razors as my opinions sometimes go against that of others here. No convincing some.
Folks see what they want to and ignore what is right before them. I recommend to learn the difference.

Oh, learn to post pics to the forum. But that has been said!
Carry on.......

Once again, I'm the proverbal stick in the mud!

It all depends on what you want to do with these razors. If you are going to use them, clean them up, get off the rust, hone the edge, strop the edge and enjoy them. Petina on a razor isn't a bad thing!

If you want to look at them, sell them, or never use them (totally useless), then send to someone who can make them shine like a diamond in a goats ass! Again, your choice!

Buying lots is a good way to get into restoration but you have to get ones that are not all worn out or broken or junk when they were brand new. That takes a little time to learn. Even knowing what to look for and even what you are looking at rakes time. It is also how you, before you know it, amass a buttload of them. The good thing is that, assuming you get them cheap, you will have a bunch to monkey with and learn on without having remorse if things go badly with restoration or honing.