Is there any hope for these razors? (WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES)

**JRobinhood** · 08-08-2012, 04:26 PM

My uncle bought these at a local flea market for a few dollars and gave them to me because he knew I was interested in straight razors. They are in pretty rough shape, but I was wondering if any of them could be cleaned up and turned into usable razors. There doesn't appear to be much pitting, but they sure have seen their better days. I did a little research online and found that the "microscopic section cutter" is used for just that, preparing specimens for microscope slides, but can you turn this into a straight razor? Any advice is welcome seeing as I've never done a restore before, thanks.

**kirk 988** · 08-08-2012, 04:40 PM

i spot a microtome

**JRobinhood** · 08-08-2012, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by kirk 988

i spot a microtome

Yeah, can those be turned into a razor? It's quite a huge blade

**kirk 988** · 08-08-2012, 04:43 PM

they all seem fixable if you spend some time with some coarse sandpaper and then moving up towards finer grits.

although the edges may be fried if the pitting near the edge is too deep.

also i would leave the 3/8 or how ever big it is alone

**kirk 988** · 08-08-2012, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by JRobinhood

Yeah, can those be turned into a razor? It's quite a huge blade

ive heard they can be. legion did one. you hone them like a kamisori i think its like 1 strove on flat side to 8 on the hollow side im sure experts will chime in

**kirk 988** · 08-08-2012, 04:47 PM

http://straightrazorplace.com/advanc...microtome.html

this may help. also ive fallen in love with the joseph rogers. its rubbish ill take it and recycle it

**JRobinhood** · 08-08-2012, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by kirk 988

http://straightrazorplace.com/advanc...microtome.html

this may help. also ive fallen in love with the joseph rogers. its rubbish ill take it and recycle it

Thanks for the link and all of the other information, looks like it will be an interesting project.

Hahah I think the joseph rogers is my favorite out of the bunch too.

**onotoman** · 08-10-2012, 06:14 AM

I'll say that all of those can be restored - I've had worse that have come up good.

It's really down to how much effort that you are prepared to put into them.

For what it's worth, if I were you, I'd pick one ,probably the first one in the pics as you don't want to start ''honing' your skills (sorry) on the Joseph Rodgers in case something goes wrong. Work on that one razor until you get it to a usable condition, then progress to the next.

In the past I've worked on quite a few at a time and sometimes felt as if I were getting nowhere fast.