Otto Deutsch's Hans This one had a serious frown on the heel and oxidation, and a little rust, all over. It also had some wear on the spine. Also, the blade was very loose in the scales. All fixed. It was fairly easy to fix the blade, with the sides of the Norton 220 grit. Some sanding, polishing and care, and it shined up nicely. Before After
I forgot to take a before picture...(it wasn't too bad...lots of tarnish)...but here is the after photo of a vintage AW Wadsworth XLNT SR. Cleaned up nice.
I am slow... so a little challenge today - can I get this razor: Wade & Butcher shaving by the end of day??? And a better picture of the previous “restoration work” done. Honestly, they were probably dealing with some pretty bad rust. But it looks like a dremel sanding drum gone wild... very wavy steel at this point. First part done . Had to use the dremel myself - not normally what I like to do. Went 400 sanding drum then 180 & 240 sanding discs (which to me are much less aggressive) before I had a somewhat set of flat, flowing surfaces to work on. 320-400-600-800 on all, then I hit the blade faces of the grind with 1000 & 1500 before ending with Flitz in just that area. And Running out of time... on to the hones! Tom
Nicely done! I typically stay away from the Dremel myself, as I’ve had too many broken blades(2). Glad it turned out so well! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thank you! I figured this had quite a bit of steel to play with so I had a decent shot of using a sanding drum without a major miss-step... but I really did not like that feeling one bit. I started with just hand sanding, but that was going no where fast - or should i say slow. Tom
F.W.Engels Special. Before: From the seller. Better indication of the pitting. My Before shot. Most of the corrosion gets washed out with the flash. After. Lots of sanding. The tang was then reblued.
The Hessen Bruch & Co. "Perfection" Warranted. Germany. I worked on this one today. Lots of polishing, to get the tarnish, and rust spots out. Well, as much as what makes me happy. Before: After: I think I might polish the scales a tad more.
Waterville Cutlery Co. Waterville Conn. Waterville Hand Forged. $13.84 total investment. I bought this, hoping it would restore nicely, and give a good shave. I wasn't disappointed. It is a fantastic shaver. It will perform as well as any I own. This had lots of corrosion , that was sanded and buffed out. Fairliy simple, but a little time consuming, because of the etching and angles. Before: After:
C.H.Laurent Paris. This was pretty eaten up, but I managed to put a little shine to it. What the heck, it was only $8 total investment. Besides, the French razors, I've acquired, tend to hold a really nice edge. i believe the French razors are some excellent razors, that are often looked over, because little is known about them, except for a couple of big named companies. Before: After: Lots of polish, and a little sanding.
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co Part of a 2 for $10 “lot” and obviously this wasn’t worth $0.50 I like these Super Shorty projects. Inked out a miniature Spanish point and cut up the died horn. Thinned the scales at the pivot and put her back together. Fun couple of hours. Wow, I didn’t realize those DE blades were so big! Enjoy your projects! Tom