$4.00 Otto Deutsch Hans???? (W&B)

I have one of those. They are everything you would expect. It is a shame the blade etch is so far gone, but at this point it looks waaaaay better. As soon as the bevel is set you are away to the races. I have a personal preference to bone scales, but everyone of those I have seen were in horn scales. An idea for that one might be to create an artificial patina to make the steel look old and grey once the rust is taken care of.
Nice work.

 

I was just thinking that. I have some honey horn blanks, but I don't think I will waste the honey horn on this blade. It's probably going to look rustic, when finished.

 

I was thinking more natural.

Haaa, I don't think I need an artificial patina. It's already got a head start in that department.

 

Spalted Maple?

 

Hello,
I'm arriving late in the thread but you might find explanations on the web about electrolyse, to restore rusty items.

 

I've done that, many times with restorations on tools and antique guns, that were hopelessly rusted. This razor looks bad, but not bad enough to use reverse electrolysis. Good thinking though.
I'm using Vap-o-Rust, at the moment, on this blade. It's a little gentler on the blade, and less chance to screw things up.

 

Well, after some sanding and polishing, I think you were on the right track. The natural personal was too spotty, so, I decided to give it a hot vinegar bath. It's starting to form a nice dull finish. .I'm going to rescale it in some natural horn, that @Spyder turned me on to.
https://www.fendrihan.com/products/fendrihan-natural-horn-straight-razor-handle

I'll post some pics when I'm finished with the vinegar bath.

 

Btw, the Vapo-Rust worked great. I had some very deep rust pitting that the Vapo-Rust took care of. The sandpaper and wire brushes weren't doing the trick, and the rust was deep.

 

Here are some picks, after the sanding and polishing. This is when I decided to do the Vapo-Rust.
My vinegar is only 5%, so I have to keep heating it up, and it's still in the solution.

Before Vinegar Patina:

 

I just finished the Patina. The Vinegar was brought to an almost boil, and the cleaned up blade was left in, for a few hours. I stopped and just lightly sanded with 320 grit W/D paper.
There wasn't much choice, aesthetically, because the pitting was so severe in places, and untouched in others. It looked odd. So, here it is, flame me if you like, but I think it has the potential for a nice "Rat Razor" look. There is plenty of meat on the edge, so I'm not concerned about a bevel yet. Next question. Nice shiny horn scales, or, some ratted out scales to match??

 

Maybe some black horn scales would look nice.

 

Black horn scales, with a matte finish. After you have sanded them smooth to 600 grit wet, then hit them with some 0000 steel wool. If I could figure out how to make them look older I would suggest that, but the matte finish is the best I have done.

 

Evaporust is amazing stuff. I was about to say I'll trade you a project but I can see you already dove in with this one.

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I was thinking about you and restorations when I was sorting through 20 loose straights in a box at an Antique store.

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Juuust doooo it!!!

 

Boker Pearl which looks better than the pictures but had some deep scratches on the blade. The pearl tang was sweet though.

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