Thread: acquiring le grelot razor. suggest restore?

Hey guys!

Ive been very fortunate to receive some awesome advice on here so far. I have recently acquired a Le Grelot, and I would love to know if you all would recommend restoration!


Thanks!

That depends on how much you like it. I would probably just hit it with metal polish, such as maas, semichrome, or the like and hone it up. Minimalist approach.

I wonder if this has been reground before, there seems to be traces of stabilizer on the heel.

Id say I like it enough to give it a shot! It looks great to me. Ive heard nothing but great things about these and wanted to try it out. It looks like a good polish will clean it up pretty nice without going crazy on it. Thanks jimmy!

I couldnt tell you if it has or not. Im going to take it into a local place to get looked at. I just wanted to share and get some opinions although its tough through pictures to really tell. Thanks mainaman!

Originally Posted by xmahtinx

I couldnt tell you if it has or not. Im going to take it into a local place to get looked at. I just wanted to share and get some opinions although its tough through pictures to really tell. Thanks mainaman!

You can give it a try for sure, first set the bevel to make sure the steel is good close to those spots with pitting. If all is good some hand sanding to clean up is all it will need.

looks like it may have been re-ground, but i read they give a great shave, go for it.

Thanks guys! once I make forward progress ill post updates. it should be shaving good soon

Originally Posted by Grazor

looks like it may have been re-ground, but i read they give a great shave, go for it.

It IS a regrind, and moreover with a poor grindstone (not a water grindstone, the grain suggest it). It may be "unquenched" (I don't know if you say it like this in english).

Do IT, even if you don't like it that much, then you won't be disappointed if you screw something up. Doing is learning =] I have a heap of razors that I don't love the look of or anything but are in sound enough condition to fix up, which I got for the purpose of learning how to restore (OK I lied I got them because I suffer terribly from RAD and I can't stop feeding my habit but anyways..._)