Antique Brass Satin Bird

I really like the new brass Blackbird in satin. The shave is excellent maybe #1. However, I decided to try to antique it using vinegar and salt. I saw this on youtube and decided to give it a try. Anything I do is reversable by simply polishing it out. I just started yesterday.

Procedure: I am using a glass container with a plastic type lid. I added regular house vinegar and some table salt. Yesterday I took the razor apart and left it submerged for 6 hours.
Today I did the same thing only I kept the razor in one piece. I am going to continue this process until the razor is really dark.

Original photo when I received it.
Second photo today with about 2 hours to go.

How did you do that!?
Completely submerging the razor?
All the videos show items being hung above the vapours, which I tried on my Guerilla with mixed results.

How did you do that!?
Completely submerging the razor?
All the videos show items being hung above the vapours, which I tried on my Guerilla with mixed results.

It is completely submerged in vinegar and salt for 6 hours at a time. This is brass and the Guerilla is bronze or stainless steel.

How did you do that!?
Completely submerging the razor?
All the videos show items being hung above the vapours, which I tried on my Guerilla with mixed results.

It is completely submerged in vinegar and salt for 6 hours at a time. This is brass and the Guerilla is bronze or stainless steel.

Yes a bronze Guerilla but it’s the same process but done in a different way to you.
Yours is a much better way

Try putting it in a ziplock bag with a couple boiled eggs and then crush the eggs once they’re all sealed together. Pretty sweet patina will develop.

Results so far when I left the razor uncovered and usd a little vinegar and salt. This really speeds up the patina.

Have you considered trying a brass aging solution (available on Amazon)? Here is the result with a machined finish. The open comb baseplate is not “aged”

Have you considered trying a brass aging solution (available on Amazon)? Here is the result with a machined finish. The open comb baseplate is not “aged”

That’s the look I want on any of my brass or bronze razors.


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Have you considered trying a brass aging solution (available on Amazon)? Here is the result with a machined finish. The open comb baseplate is not “aged”

Beautifull antique job but since razors are always in water you have to wax them to perserve the finish. I have decided to fully polish mine as the finish I was trying to get was a disaster. But I still love the antique look.

Anything other than fully submerging the razor in an ager product creates too much disparity for my liking. I bought a handheld torch from Lowes. One of these days I'm going to ruin a perfectly good razor trying to replicate a wolfman antique finish.