Thread: My blades

Hi I haven't posted for ages!
I have these to clean up but no idea how to remove the patina or shine them up, I am on a small budget the orange handle is a solingen razor with 9 stamped on it?
the one below is j.e ev something
below that says OUR 136 on the blade
and the one below says hand forged wheatsheaf works Sheffield

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Wow sorry it should have only sent one pic

Try Maas metal cleaner and some elbow grease, with a clean rag, u will b surprised with the results.. U can also use it to clean the scales if ur not happy with those results it may b time to do some light hand sanding..

As copper suggested, start with some chrome safe metal polish, and clean any gunk off to see what you are starting with. You can go to hobby lobby near the airbrushes, alpha abrasives sells packs of sand paper and micro mesh ranging from 150-12,000 grit, and will cover all your needs. They are wet/dry and reusable., they also sel 1/16 and 3/32 brass rod for repinning, all you need after that is an ace, home depot, or lowes, 4-5oz ball peen hamer. $40 should cover everything I believe.

The razor that says "Our 136". May be a JR Torrey from Worcester, Massachusetts. I have good luck with Maas on a rag, be careful to keep the blade edge laying down on a counter top or other surface to protect your fingers.

Originally Posted by Mw1977

Wow sorry it should have only sent one pic

Cleaned it up for ya. Looks like the third one down has a frown ? Might be an optical illusion from the photo angle and the tissue partially covering the edge ? Nice haul anyway.

I'm not sure if it's available in the uk,but I believe amazon can ship it to u, it doesnt have to b Maas there r others ,ie flitz auto sol .. I have never used the others but people have had good results with them

The mas is the best of the 3 for steel, but flitz seems to work best for the plastics, bakelite, phenolics, ect. It was originally marketed to restore plastics and headlights on autos.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Cleaned it up for ya. Looks like the third one down has a frown ? Might be an optical illusion from the photo angle and the tissue partially covering the edge ? Nice haul anyway.

Thanks for that!

No frown its the photo, I want to pick one and get it ready to use. I liked the hamburg ring I saw it in other restores but I am sure if I sand it I will lose that writing the our 136 looks like someone tried sanding it has quite a scratch in it.