Thread: Question about restorations

I was talking to my mom about straight razors today and she said she thought she had some from her great grandfather that is from late 1800's to early 1900's.

She gave it to me but it has a bit of a chunk for lack of a better word missing from the last quarter of the blade. It's got a gorgeous spine on it and look nice and I was wondering who to talk to about seeing if anything could be done to fix the blade.
I'm not thinking it can be fixed and if not I will save it as a keep sake, but if I can, I would love to get it to shaving order again.

I'm lost on who to talk to about restoring it and any advice would be great.
Thanks everybody.

You should know by now that we need pictures to be able to give you much of an opinion. Without them, it's only a shot in the dark if that.

I will get pictures up asap.
I was mainly wondering who i should contact, as I have heard that some people on this forum are great with restoring razors.

Only a few accsept heirlooms i think
I think i remember hearing of Maxmillian doing that

someone hear of someone else?

Now this is one thing that they should start mentioning in the adds IMHO

look for ppl having massive restoration experience
As every restore has potential for destruction

Max does some great work. Undream's work is excellent as well. There are a number of others, I know, but those are the two that come to mind immediately.

Originally Posted by Trevorxgage

I will get pictures up asap.
I was mainly wondering who i should contact, as I have heard that some people on this forum are great with restoring razors.

You will just have to research this yourself and look at some of the pics of razors that have been restored, then communicate with them to determine if you feel comfortable with them as a person. You will have to also check with their workload & see how long it could be before they could get to your work. When it comes to heirlooms, you should approach with caution. I know this may not be the answer you want, but you will have to make the decision for yourself based off your own research and not our recommendations...which you probably won't get much of from us. There are a lot of good craftsmen out there in the forum...I'm sure you will find one that you can feel comfortable with.