Those single blade razors are the only ones I've ever been able to use the best to shave. I've always hated 'disposing' of the blunt blades and felt so sad that I never had any luck hand sharpening or stropping. I wish I had one of those little stroppers... but I just trim these days. I no longer shave and I'm a little sad about it, but no energy to manage simple tasks with my illness. Nice video.
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.
@@silverwiskers7371 I bought an old Twinplex stropper, and it works pretty well on my stainless steel Dorco blades. Stainless steel is ultimately going to wear out faster than carbon steel, but I can still get some extra shaves out of them with a few licks on the strop.
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 🍻
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
@@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
@@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.
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 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 .
@@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.
@@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 .
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.
That is a small engineering master piece.
When you first showed it working it gave me a smile.
Those single blade razors are the only ones I've ever been able to use the best to shave. I've always hated 'disposing' of the blunt blades and felt so sad that I never had any luck hand sharpening or stropping.
I wish I had one of those little stroppers... but I just trim these days. I no longer shave and I'm a little sad about it, but no energy to manage simple tasks with my illness.
Nice video.
NEVER have I seen such a tool. Excellent restoration, but I bet Mr. Gillette will not be pleased. LOL Thank you for sharing.
A little stropping compound or metal polish applied to that leather would make it work like a charm.
Cool accessory. Never seen one. Thanks for sharing.
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.
That is really clever.
What a fantastic gizmo, I wish I had one as a young man.
I have never seen anything like that!? Great restoration!!
So clever! I appreciate the engineering and the restoration!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Great engineering mechanism !
My dad had one of these; I loved to see it so beautifully restored.
That's one of the coolest little devices I've ever seen, to think something like that exists, lol
I still have the one my grandfather gave me and even now it works great . I was surprised to see a video on it !
I wish you could buy one of these today. I always hate throwing blades away when they could so readily be re-sharpened.
they dont work well with modern ss blades, they were ment for the old 3 hole and sloted gillette blue carbon steel blades
@@silverwiskers7371 I bought an old Twinplex stropper, and it works pretty well on my stainless steel Dorco blades. Stainless steel is ultimately going to wear out faster than carbon steel, but I can still get some extra shaves out of them with a few licks on the strop.
I knew it existed, but I've never seen one! Look, I'm over 70 years old...!💙🇧🇷
Really quality content for channel this size. I really hope your channel blows up. Keep them coming!
Thanks, so do I!
Very good !!! ( Brazil )
These work pretty good. I even have a sharping stone mande curved for sharping safety razor blades. Nice job thanks for sharing 👍.
I have a similar sharpener made by Twinplex in St. Louis. My grandparents used it. I wonder how well it worked.
Super!! Спасибо за работу!!!
this is such an awesome item.
Nice tool, subscribed for sure. Great work.
Уникальное устройство! Потрясающее!
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 🍻
very entertaining video thank you
Very good job 👍👍👍
You need green past on the leather for it to wok properly nice job though
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
Point blank I have never seen anything like this before.
Where is your pumice cream? Are you not suppose to apply it to the leather first just like other brands of razor blade sharpeners?
I'd love to have one of these, can you still buy them? What are they called?
I don’t know if they make new ones but I would look on eBay for a “safety razor sharpener”
@@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
@@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.
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. 😂
I know right!
I have one of these that was restored, also one called a Kriss Kross.
Cool but not a sharpener. It’s a stropper. Just refines the edge slightly. Can’t actually add sharpness to a dull blade.
@Unrestored what's the name of this double edge safety razor Blade Sharpener?
Has anyone here that can explain me the "science" behind sharpening in leather? I find it intriguing but I don't know how it possibly work!
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。
I have one just like that
Congratulation
How does leather sharpen a blade? Thought that would be glass paper/a sharping stone
Stropping is the final step in getting your edge razor sharp and is usually done with leather.
😃😃💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏
#ROTBART
Imagine, I’ve been wasting 20 cents a month for the past few years instead…
Would have been much better if re-assembly was shown too. I didn't dislike it though.
Move move move
Дарт (Вэйдер) я тебя узнал!!
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 .
Nothing was painted..
@@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 .
@@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.
@@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 .
@@gizmo1252000 ok boomer.
Let's call it a restomod then.
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.
You sure are cut
I apologize for that text it was meant to say " you Sir, are a giftt to hiistory"
Lol