1. Boiling vinegar soak. That should dissolve most of the scale, followed by the brass brush. If not, 2. CLR soak(s) and brass brushing. Then, if functional, a run through the dishwasher followed by a penetrating oil soak. If not functional, tear down and clean it out. If it's been underwater for a long time it's possible the smaller parts like the detente spring (i think it's called) could have corroded away. Then again, maybe not! Even if it fails I'd have a blast trying to restore that thing to working order, but then I'm weird about lost causes.
Yep. But when you beat the odds and succeed, whatta feeling it is. Can't afford bidding on anything now, tho. Oh well.
Hey that's the fatboy razor I buried in my old yard when I was five, oh so many years ago. Nice to see someone else will have a chance to use it. Now if they happen to find the executive I buried too.......
Did you see the Q&A Q: Wow, that is hectic! I bet captain Murphy on Badger and Blade would be able to fix it though. A: It can be yours !!! If Captain Murphy saw that he'd say "Nooooooo!"
Perfectly sanitizable. And assuming plating loss (likely a safe bet) raw brass allegedly has antimicrobial properties.
Funny if a follow member purchases it a restores it. It looks worst than the KATRINA RAZOR and Rusty boy from BB.
Not me. I've done plenty of those. I know when too much corrosion is too much, unless you want to Cerakote it. But I would definitely like to see another member restore it.
True. At $5, it would have been worth the challenge. At over $30,including the shipping, it seems that someone just wanted to win. However, to each their own. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
"To each his own" is indeed the bottom line here. This is a hobby and as such is too subjective to make judgment calls about what is "too much." Some guys think I'm a fool for having a stockpile of old carbon blades, no matter how cheaply I got them. I'm constantly baffled by guys who spend (to me) big $$$ on new and old razors or soaps which they add to the dozens they already own. Even if I had the money, I would not do likewise. But it's not my place to say what anything is worth to them. This one likely posed an interesting challenge to whoever won it, and I sympathize with that. I doubt somebody just wanted to win. I also doubt he is going to leave it "as is," sitting on a shelf on display. If it can be fixed, he wants to be the guy that fixes it. Win or lose, my hat is off. Good luck to whoever tears into it. I do hope it's a member here and that he posts a report no matter how it turns out.
I considered asking my wife for the money to back a bid because you see visible knurling. I could be wrong but it tells me the thing isn't that far gone. Mechanically might be another story. I hope we find out.
