Thread: Please help me if you can!!! New razor destined for the bin?!

I had this razor bought for me by my two little girls for father's day as a restoration project. I've stripped the scales (which were cracked anyway), and was at the buffing stage of blade restoration when it snatched on the wheel leaving me with the two pieces you see here:


Is it a write off? I know in my heart of hearts that it can't be realistically fixed, but even though it's new to me, it holds seltimental value because my little girls bought it for me. I planned to have this on my "keeper" list to cherish for ever, and now it's in bits.

Can anyone suggest anything?!

Thanks in advance,

A very sad and desparate Iain.

Sorry to see,jb weld it and hang it on the wall.

You could drill and tap the razor, add a handle, wrap it and use the razor like a kamisori. You could drill both pieces and use a peg two join the two halves. Alignment will be an issue but with a little patience, maybe an undersized peg and some JB weld the sky is the limit!

Hope that doesn't sound crazy, just trying to be helpful.

Whith the right prep,wire and temp. control i don't see why the handle cant be mig welded on the back side

Originally Posted by babbott

Whith the right prep,wire and temp. control i don't see why the handle cant be mig welded on the back side

I don't know, it may be to hot of a process. Heat is the razors arch enemy! If you lose the temper you lose the razors ability to hold an edge.

I'm not saying don't do it but I would be leery of the heat and the splatter!

If it was mine id try to silver solder it together first. I know thats not a very sturdy fix but its the only way I know of doing it without grinding a bevel and welding on it. I would stand the blade part in a can of water so that heat didnt transfer to the blade. They also make a heat sink putty you can wrap and mold around the parts you dont want heated. If that didnt work I would weld it together with a tig welder and if you cant find a good tig welder then mig would be the next option.

I agree with whiskerharvest... tap it and make it like a kamisori.

Glen has a thread somewhere where he did the same and it turned out awesome!

Go to a reputable machinist shop, they should have a proper heat sink or a least better advice.

Man that's a bummer, sorry to hear that. The girls will understand
I haven't drilled through a razor but I assume it's a bear given the hardness?

Thanks all for the advice and input! I've had a poke around back through the archives (I know I should have done it first, sorry but i was gutted!) and found a few good ideas to get me thinking! I'll have a play around with it over the next week or so and hopefully I'll come up with something.

Thanks again, fellas! You're always good to come to in an hour of need.

Iain