Thread: What do you think?

Ok folks, I just purchased these three razors off ebay: Vintage Sheffield Straight Razor Lot - eBay (item 400024575185 end time Jan-21-09 17:13:07 PST)

I have been thinking about having a go at restoring razors for a while and decided that it was time I gave it a ago; however, I have to admit this was an impulse buy.
I’m not even sure that these razors will be any good for restoring – the scales for one are obviously shot at. However, I’m interested to know what you guys think?

More pictures of the razors can be found here: rodgers pictures by paneraiguy76 - Photobucket

They look good to me. I would have a go at them. I think you did well.

Good luck.

For the price you did great.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate that. I didn't really have a clue what I was looking for, then I spotted them. At the time I was sure there must be something wrong with them; however, you have given me confidence that it might have been a good purchase.

Any advice on where I should start when I get these three. I'm reading up on the scale making guides; however, I'm wondering more about the blade. How would you guys approach this? I'm not going to use power tools, I want to do everything by hand.

If I can figure out how I'm going to do this, I can go out and get what I need this weekend. Any help -- as always -- would be much appreciated.

Paddington.

P.s. I get the feeling that will all the questions I'm going to be asking, we can call this a group project.

Just took a closer look and noticed that one of the blades appears to have a crack just in front of the heel. I guess it would still hone up and shave. The one with the lighter colored scales has some wear but would hone up and shave as well.

If it was me I would just wipe them down with Mass or something like that and hone them. I wouldn't replace scales unless they were broken. Hand sanding takes many hours and is more time then I would want to spend on cosmetics. YMMV.

Thanks for the quick reply Jimmy!

Yeah, when I'm more experienced I probably would just clean them up. However, the reason I bought them was to have a really good play with, lol. I want to gain some experience of doing a bit of everything: cleaning up the blades, sanding them down to a mirror finish; making the scaled; replacing the parts.

I'm not really bothered about how long it takes, I have plenty of time on my hands, lol. It's all about gaining the experience and confidence.

I really appreciate your help, without SRP I would not even be attempting this.
Paddington.