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The Topher Lion Tortoise razor set 01-24-2008, 06:59 PM
TOB9595 Thanks for taking us along... 01-24-2008, 08:13 PM
Philadelph I love those spines! 01-24-2008, 11:15 PM
BOGARTUS That looks like the dreaded... 01-25-2008, 03:13 AM
crichton Holy crap those are nice... 01-25-2008, 04:36 AM
  1. 01-24-2008, 06:59 PM #1
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    SO I thought I would show you what is going on with the first razors I am cleaning up. They are from LION and are tortoise scaled as they pass the hot needle test. They have worked spines and were covered in rust. I mean covered. SO I have set out to take them back to useable since i like them and they are well on the way. I wanted to remove the scales but I see a crack in one scales end so I am worried about breaking the scales since he has another like this with shattered scales. I have no idea how that happened but it was sad. I could probably do it carefully but I don't want to chance it. They are also full hollows so I have to be careful about metal removal. I think they can go a touch further but not much. I will focus on leveling the surfaces to make a near mirror. You can see the progression below.

    Notice you can still see the etching. And the second one has not yet been completed so you can see what it looks like after removing the rust. I will post again when both are done.
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    Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
    The pics are most interesting!
    Goodness, they are cleaning up mighty nice..
    Now for the even tougher part is the detail stuff.
    Good luck with these. They are MIGHTY NICE
    Tom
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    I love those spines!
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    That looks like the dreaded amber celluloid. If it is the rust will be back. The only solution I found was to rescale them.
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    Holy crap those are nice blades.....they are gonna be real lookers once you're all through Chris!
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    Wow!...I know believe it is possible to restore blades that would never have seemed possible.

    Great work.
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