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hi obviously i am new here and pretty new to straight razors. i am looking for any advice on how to repair a razor i bought at my local knife shop. i bought it from the owner who is in his seventies and said he lost the thing for about 20 years and just recently found it. when he found it the blade was a little messed up but it was only $25 dollars. he suggested i use a coarser stone to get the basic edge back and then use the honing stone to actually sharpen. i would love any suggestions.
pictures would be helpful.
sorry i was trying to get a good shot of the blade but all my pics turn out kinda blurry. i will keep trying but here are a couple pics for now.
look very nice. i would suggest that you don't learn honing on this one, but instead send it to one of the honemeisters to get it honed for you. chances are you won't be able to get another puma in this condition for$25, and trust me, you don't want to mess up this one - there are plenty of other razors that you can use for practice honing :)
hereare some blade pics. the best i could do so far.
Holy Sheep Dip batman that was a great score !!!!!
Yeah I have to agree with Gugi that is not a "learn" how to hone razor that is a true keeper.....
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Yeah after those pics I can see a little edge damage there or some roughness...
Yeah, that's gonna be a great shaver when you get the edge restored. I agree with sending it off to a professional for honing. I wouldn't want to mess up that edge, taking off more steel than you have to, while learning on it. Have a pro set it up right, then you can learn to maintain it.
All I can say is, "Wow"! Congrats, what a great buy for $25.
+1 on sending it out. It will need to see a coarse hone to reset the edge and this is something that should be done by someone with experience. A newby can turn a beautiful razor like this into a puddle of swarth in minutes on a coarse hone.
alright so i live in Chatham Ontario Canada. who is the best within my region to send it to. i have never done something like this so i don't even know where to start.:shrug:
Look right above you! Send a PM to FloppyShoes (I picked up a W&B from him that he honed .... very smooth shaver).
Cheers,
Rick
Yep +1 on Dan da Man right above yer post :D
Listen to Gugi. Nice project! Let us know how it turns out.
i have decided to take all of your advice and send it out. for now i am practicing my honing on my existing razor so i still have lots of learning to do.
i haven't even sent it and i can't wait to get it back.
i really appreciate all the advice as i would not have wanted to mess up and ruin my find.
Fantastic buy!
You did amazingly well.
Great news is, that blade is VERY salvage-able, AND its with its original box n strop.
One word of caution though. Of all the Puma blades, the one's with the faux tortise scales have been known to degrade. Keep your eye on those scales. If they look as if they are getting cloudy, or if there seems to be a rust-haze on the blade, then the scales have to go!
Otherwise, great job!
C utz
alright so while floppy shoes is honing my Puma i actually went back to the store and got another one off the guy. it looked to be in better shape but i don't know. there was a bit of rust on the edge so i tried to rub a bit away lightly (and i mean lightly) and the edge chipped away a bit. i was hoping i could try to get an edge on it myself but this is beyond my tools and my know how.
here is a pic. i was a little disappointed but again for $25 all i need to do is have it honed up and i am set i think.
Even that is fixable. Whether you removed it or not, the rusted out edge would have to be removed.
ya atleast it hasn't been messed with at all. it is actually brand new and was never honed so there is lots of metal to work with. the rest is in pretty good shape and i actually considered having it honed and giving it to my dad as a christmas present. i don't know if he will use it though. if not i know i will.
hey floppyshoes, not to be impatient in any way but how is my other puma coming if you don't mind me asking?