Ok, here is the first of my "pick your brains" posts.

Before I do any initial cleaning on my great-grandfather's razors that I posted, I was wandering how do you gentlemen decide to pull the pins and work on the blade separately from the scales? Do you always pull them irrespective of how much polishing you are going to do on the blade? Do you ever buff the scales while the blade is still pinned?

Here is the post from the Razors forum. Which ones would you pull the pins on?

Thanks in advance oh gurus of restore.


Here they are:
1. FWE Special - Solingen
2. Black Smith - SR Droescher, New York, Made in Germany
3. Lemaire - Solingen
4. KABAR - Union Cutlery, Olean New York
5. El Barbero - A Paris
6. Davide Collini, Milano
7. FRN Crown & Sword for my first restore
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