How to Clean Your Vintage Razors

If you've ever shopped for vintage razors, you know that they can get pretty funky from years of use, abuse, and neglect. Here's the process I use for cleaning my razors.

Step 1 Gather your supplies

Here's what you need to get started.

A box of Borax
A bowl or container capable of holding your razor(s)
Some dish-soap/water mix (50/50)
Some cotton swabs
Some table salt
Some Lemon Juice (Not pictured)
Paper towels (Not pictured)
A soft Cloth (Not pictured)
An old toothbrush (Not pictured)
Some funky old razors you spoliated from the neighborhood antiquery.

Comments

[Geoff 117]

Yeah, I recently received an old Valet Auto Strop from my grandparents. It's in a complete set in a case. On the case, it has the date 1917 scratched into it, plus initials of one of my distant relatives, who carried it during World War 1. The great thing about it is the blades last longer because they can be re-stropped, so you don't have to throw away the blades when they are dull.

[JerryMopar]

I gave up on multi-blade cartridges, I have my trusty gillette safety razor. I can a shave JUST AS CLOSE as a multi, with only spending a dolla and a half on 10 american-made blades at wally world! WIll be making an 'ible on safety razor shaving soon!

[nightninja87]

same here i stopped using multiple bladed razors they cost so much and i cost out a shave to be only 7 cents for a safety razor and the usual amount you can get from a razor on these is about 5 but there so cheap and so cheap in bulk also so you dont have to worry about it the most expensive i seen of the whole expense is a good quallity brush and razor but that lasts you 3 lifetimes probally

[emmerich45]

is that a gillette TTO in the last picture? E

[agis68]

I have a bounce of them in my bag......i used one some years ago.....they did good work...

[drbill]

Yeah ionic transfer worked really well on my granddad's . It looks a lot like the one in the picture