Thread: More razors, same question

Ok, I hit up the antique store in the next town over, and found several more razors at 8$ or less (they were having a sale, everything 20% off). So I ended up buying 4 more, after reading the approximate amount of work my first find would take. Hopefully a few of these will be less work, as they have significantly less rust. I'm particularly interested about the 1820 crown and sword. There's also two Ward & Butchers, and a Sheafworks.

Again, any idea which I should save to practice honing on (and which I should damage/practice on first), or mark down for more serious restoration in a few months once I have more time and access to some serious woodworking tools. Likewise, if there's something here that I shouldn't touch at all, and reserve for more talented hands to handle, let me know and we can work something out. Also, if more info, a serious description, or better photos are required, let me know.

my opinoin.

you got a great gruop there to learn with.

1 - the yellow crown/sword is going to be a good project razor for a full restoration. you're going to have to go down to 400 probably even the 220 grit sandpaper to get all that rust/pitting out. but thats good practice. will teach you to sand evenly so you don't make dents then go all the way up thru 400/600/800/1k/1500/2k then on to maas. will make it a nice razor. great practice here

2 - the shefdworks one at the bottom. thats another good one to practice restoring. start with just maas and see what it does. observe what kind of gunk/black it removes and what it doesn't. learn from that when buying blades.

3- both the crown/sword and the shefworks blades will be great learning honers. crown/swords take great edges and the shefdworks one looks that it would also. so get practicing!

i would spend my learning on those 2 blades becuase they will allow you to learn all types of restoring and honing.


the 2 WnB. the first one looks in great shape, should be able to restore that nicely. the 2nd one is harder to tell. still good shape but sometimes they are more used and thus honewear/uneven blades due to sharpning/usage. harder to tell on that one from the photo.

great pick-up for 8$ each.

~J

Originally Posted by jscott

my opinoin.

2 - the shefdworks one at the bottom. thats another good one to practice restoring. start with just maas and see what it does. observe what kind of gunk/black it removes and what it doesn't. learn from that when buying blades.

~J

What do you mean by that? I don't quite know the lingo yet... what's a MAAS? Maunally Applied Abrasive Sandpaper?

Maas is a metal polish found at some walmarts and at walgreens.

Maas can also be found in a true value or ace hardware stores, but like the walgreen's and walmarts it is not available in all of them...

and of course on-line

This Crown and Sword 1820 ERN is a full restore, looked almost like yours to begin with, the scales weren't as nice as yours though so I tossed them into the parts bins.... Don't under-judge this razor, when they are up and running they will shave with the best out there, mine is definitely in the top of the rotation and it has some serious stablemates.... The good news is the they clean up fairly easy. I cant speak for how hard it was to hone, mine had no hone wear so it was very very easy to set the bevel and sharpen

The Crown and the two Wade's will make for excellent shavers. You've been getting some mighty fine blades lately!

Personally I think that Sheafworks razor might be the nicest of the lot...

GREAVES, WILLIAM
Shefflield
1780-1816 ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922 p.261-267)
WILLIAM GREAVES
Sheaf Works, Sheffield
ca. 1820 - 1858
WILLIAM GREAVES AND SONS
Sheffield
Built the Sheaf Works (first large factory in Sheffield) in 1823-6
1816 - 1850 ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922 p.261-267)
GREAVES, W & SONS
THOMAS TURTON & SONS LTD
Sheaf Works, Sheffield
ca. 1845 - at least 1919


Obviously, it looks like Sheafworks was the name of the "first large factory in Sheffield" and was built by William Greaves (who makes great razors). If you don't want that one, feel free to send it to me!

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Personally I think that Sheafworks razor might be the nicest of the lot...

GREAVES, WILLIAM
Shefflield
1780-1816 ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922 p.261-267)
WILLIAM GREAVES
Sheaf Works, Sheffield
ca. 1820 - 1858
WILLIAM GREAVES AND SONS
Sheffield
Built the Sheaf Works (first large factory in Sheffield) in 1823-6
1816 - 1850 ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922 p.261-267)
GREAVES, W & SONS
THOMAS TURTON & SONS LTD
Sheaf Works, Sheffield
ca. 1845 - at least 1919

I don't think I could have asked for more information! Thanks! Unfortunatly, now I'll be more aware of what I'm actually working on, and therefore more worried about messing it up >.<

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Obviously, it looks like Sheafworks was the name of the "first large factory in Sheffield" and was built by William Greaves (who makes great razors). If you don't want that one, feel free to send it to me!

If my attempts at restoring the other razor I'm working on (see
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16388

manage to convince me that I should probably wait till I know more about what I'm doing, I'll send it it your way. Thanks for the info!