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Thread: Found my grandfather's old razor, any thoughts on if it's usable?

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    Default Found my grandfather's old razor, any thoughts on if it's usable?

    Hi everyone,

    I've been using a DE safety razor with a brush for a while, and I recently decided to up my game and start straight razor shaving.

    I recently found an old razor that belonged to my grandfather, and I thought it would be really cool to start shaving with his old blade. But, I don't know if it's in any kind of condition to be used, and I don't want to pay to get it professionally honed until I know if it's worth it to do so.

    The brand is a J.A. Henckels Twin Works. It says "Twins" with some hyrogliphs on one side, and then the company name, Solingen-Germany, and an "A" printed on the other side. From what I've read, this could be a quality blade, but I don't know enough about it yet to know much about quality. I tried to polish it up a bit with some high grit sandpaper, but I didn't do too much because I didn't want to risk messing it up.

    I went out and bought a cheap Gold Dollar blade to practice my honing and stroping, but I'd like to use this one to actually shave if possible.

    What do you guys think of this blade?

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    it looks fine to me. Just some cleaning and some honing is all you need. Just make sure the corrosion near the edge is surface.
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    Thanks. How should I go about cleaning it? Will sandpaper do any damage?

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    Matt,

    Welcome to the forum!!

    Here's a link that will help you, and answer many of your questions. http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

    and congrats on having an heirloom from your grandfather!! Those are special!!

    Regards,

    Howard
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    Matt, great looking heirloom! I'm pretty envious, first thing I did after taking this up was enquire after my Granddad's razors, but sadly no trace...

    Hope the cleanup goes well!

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