#1

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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.


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#2
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.

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(06-04-2023, 07:30 PM)HOLYZEUS Wrote: 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.

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(06-04-2023, 08:04 PM)slantman Wrote:
(06-04-2023, 07:30 PM)HOLYZEUS Wrote: 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

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#5
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.

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#6

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

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(This post was last modified: 06-05-2023, 01:59 AM by ANG69.)
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”

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(06-05-2023, 01:54 AM)ANG69 Wrote: 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”

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


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(06-05-2023, 01:54 AM)ANG69 Wrote: 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”

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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.
#10
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.

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