Just finished working on cleaning an old safety razor that I plan to include in a dopp kit gift set.
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Sorry about some of the shots from the front. I was using and older camera of mine and it didn't want to cooperate as well as it should have. Anyway, after removing some old soap scum and buildup from it (at first I thought it was a black material poured in to give it better grip

) with a bathroom cleaner and then a metal cleaner (using a toothbrush and toothpicks, mind you), I moved on to a silver polish. After polishing it up a little I threw a couple of drops of 3-in-1 oil to make the the hinge open and close smoothly.
I'm still thinking about taking it to a jeweler friend of mine to clean and polish it up some more and see if he can remove the tarnish off of it. But other than that, it's coming along quite well. Now all I need is a shave brush, a decent looking mug, and a bar of shave soap.
I'm going to be putting this in for a Bad Santa gift exchange with some friends. The razor is one of two I had from around the house. I took the other one and cleaned it up a while back (it cleaned up better) and started shaving with it. I consider it to be very manly, easier on the wallet, and a better shave.