Antique razor blade sharpener restoration

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2 жыл бұрын

This is a WW2 era safety razor sharpener. I have never in my live seen something so cool. This is WW2 era made in Germany, shipped from Bulgaria.
Restoration Process
The first step in any restoration is evaluation, then I disassembled and cleaned each individual piece. After evaluating each piece, I decided that everything would have to be blasted and that simply polishing some items would not get the result I wanted. I decided to use a glass beed media to clean off the parts. Unfortunately the footage of this was lost and is not present in the video. Paint or powder coat would not work on this item due to the hinge system on the rear that was almost impossible to disassemble. I decided to use a low friction extremely durable ceramic coating. This would allow me to coat all the moving parts and also leave behind the worn engravings. I knew the handle would be a challenge because it was the only part that would have to be made from scratch, it was also pressed on. I decided to replace the bakelite handle with a wooded one. I then secured it with a rivet.

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@henrykleyn3423 2 жыл бұрын

That is a small engineering master piece. When you first showed it working it gave me a smile.

@saltygravy6928 2 жыл бұрын

That is really clever.

@adnacraigo6590 2 жыл бұрын

Cool accessory. Never seen one. Thanks for sharing.

@andrewmize823 2 жыл бұрын

A little stropping compound or metal polish applied to that leather would make it work like a charm.

@danblood8312 2 жыл бұрын

I have never seen anything like that!? Great restoration!!

@jhtnpa 2 жыл бұрын

So clever! I appreciate the engineering and the restoration!

@larrykostopulos1332 Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic gizmo, I wish I had one as a young man.

@Large_Sarge 2 жыл бұрын

Really quality content for channel this size. I really hope your channel blows up. Keep them coming!

@Unrestored 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, so do I!

@willieckaslike Жыл бұрын

NEVER have I seen such a tool. Excellent restoration, but I bet Mr. Gillette will not be pleased. LOL Thank you for sharing.

@rickydecespedes2402 2 жыл бұрын

Great engineering mechanism !

@SignorAveya 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you for sharing.

@georgebrown8312 2 ай бұрын

Splendid restoration job you did on that razor sharpener. I have never seen one like that before. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work.

@LordQuintix Жыл бұрын

That's one of the coolest little devices I've ever seen, to think something like that exists, lol

@Pillowcase 2 жыл бұрын

this is such an awesome item.

@delmarleite4041 2 жыл бұрын

I knew it existed, but I've never seen one! Look, I'm over 70 years old...!💙🇧🇷

@dougthomson5544 Жыл бұрын

My dad had one of these; I loved to see it so beautifully restored.

@joemoore4027 Ай бұрын

I still have the one my grandfather gave me and even now it works great . I was surprised to see a video on it !

@Игорь_Торопов 2 ай бұрын

Уникальное устройство! Потрясающее!

@user-de9wq1zm9p 2 жыл бұрын

Super!! Спасибо за работу!!!

@alexanderalbach468 2 жыл бұрын

Nice tool, subscribed for sure. Great work.

@thistlenstar 2 жыл бұрын

I have a similar sharpener made by Twinplex in St. Louis. My grandparents used it. I wonder how well it worked.

@silverwiskers7371 8 ай бұрын

when i was a kid i saw them everywhere, they were popular for the depression era men, a nickel was alot of money to many men so they found ways to make every cent count, those things were ment to use on the old 3 holed blades and the old blue gillette blades

@garetkonigsfeld2 2 жыл бұрын

You need green past on the leather for it to wok properly nice job though

@garetkonigsfeld2 2 жыл бұрын

These work pretty good. I even have a sharping stone mande curved for sharping safety razor blades. Nice job thanks for sharing 👍.

@peterbeley3067 2 жыл бұрын

very entertaining video thank you

@H00- Жыл бұрын

Really cool piece of machinery! Fantastic job on the restoration too. I just have one suggestion on the production. If you want to go for a 100% ASMR and dont want your breathing getting picked up by the mic, an overhead microphone or wearing a cloth mask would help. Cheers 🍻

@bobcantstandzyobitz9778 8 ай бұрын

I have one of these that was restored, also one called a Kriss Kross.

@gromett Жыл бұрын

I wish you could buy one of these today. I always hate throwing blades away when they could so readily be re-sharpened.

@silverwiskers7371 8 ай бұрын

they dont work well with modern ss blades, they were ment for the old 3 hole and sloted gillette blue carbon steel blades

@nsrvtqc 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even know they were a thing but turns out it’s one of those things that i really want but have no use for. 😂

@jmsmom67 2 жыл бұрын

I know right!

@anthonydeleeuw 4 ай бұрын

Where is your pumice cream? Are you not suppose to apply it to the leather first just like other brands of razor blade sharpeners?

@Popeye64 2 жыл бұрын

I have one just like that

@LFKGooner Жыл бұрын

Point blank I have never seen anything like this before.

@karsten0023 Жыл бұрын

Very good job 👍👍👍

@hairanndo2002 2 жыл бұрын

使い捨てが主流の今じゃわざわざ研ぎ直すっていう手間はとらないもんなぁ。

@koudacyen 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to have one of these, can you still buy them? What are they called?

@Unrestored 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if they make new ones but I would look on eBay for a “safety razor sharpener”

@koudacyen 2 жыл бұрын

@@Unrestored I did after I watched your video but they are either for straight razors or cartridges, perhaps it's because Safety razor blades are cheaper, I prefer them because they are easy to clean unlike the cartridge razors

@brianlarson3832 2 жыл бұрын

@@koudacyen They are stroppers safety razor blades. Twinplex made them in America. Occasionally you see them in antique stores or Ebay. They're fun stuff.

@maury5118 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulation

@jasonnyc2006 Жыл бұрын

@Unrestored what's the name of this double edge safety razor Blade Sharpener?

@ledugerio Ай бұрын

😃😃💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

@bakerhayajneh5583 Жыл бұрын

Move move move

@samuelfellows6923 2 жыл бұрын

How does leather sharpen a blade? Thought that would be glass paper/a sharping stone

@Unrestored 2 жыл бұрын

Stropping is the final step in getting your edge razor sharp and is usually done with leather.

@RyanAlexanderBloom Жыл бұрын

Cool but not a sharpener. It’s a stropper. Just refines the edge slightly. Can’t actually add sharpness to a dull blade.

@krtekcyberpunker 2 жыл бұрын

#ROTBART

@churlepatakha Жыл бұрын

Would have been much better if re-assembly was shown too. I didn't dislike it though.

@user-nl4vl2dh2g 2 жыл бұрын

Дарт (Вэйдер) я тебя узнал!!

@samgascho1079 Жыл бұрын

Imagine, I’ve been wasting 20 cents a month for the past few years instead…

@gizmo1252000 2 жыл бұрын

this was not restored ,parts that where chromed ,where painted ,a restoration is ,to restore something back to its former condition ,while trying to retain as much of the original item as possible ,if you taken the time to nickle plate the chrome parts ,that would be an acceptable compromise .

@Unrestored 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing was painted..

@gizmo1252000 2 жыл бұрын

@@Unrestored well you threw a dark polymer-ceramic over the chrome hiding it,s mirror finnish . nah thats not the way to do it , worse case scenario if the chrome is damaged beyond repair ,strip the chrome. using hydrochloric acid and Hydrogen peroxide ,then nickel plate.the rest of work done i have no issues at all , but if its meant to be a mirror chrome finish ,then it should be a mirror chrome finish .

@sylvaind.6786 2 жыл бұрын

@@gizmo1252000 no it's not. Cerakote is durable et perfectly adapted to rotating parts because of lower friction coefficient. It's way clever than just chroming or nickel plating.

@gizmo1252000 2 жыл бұрын

@@sylvaind.6786 then the item has not been (restored back to original) ,as the original had chrome . not some crappy ceramic coat on it . its a not a dirtbike side casing smh . if your video title says restored ,restore it ,no shortcuts . i dont care if ceramic coating is good for friction ,that,s not the point im making . if chroming is,nt possible ,then nickle plating would be a good substitute .and would not change the look of the item .

@sylvaind.6786 2 жыл бұрын

@@gizmo1252000 ok boomer. Let's call it a restomod then.

@biggseye Жыл бұрын

Functionally restored, appearance, no bloody way. Where did you get the idea that an 80 year old razor sharpener would be that ugly puke brown and black color. it would have been, or at least most likely been chrome plated. IF your going to restore something, restore it, don't bastardize it and call it restored.