A Pair from Sheffield Restored by GarythePenman

[xChris]

Here's a couple more straight razors that I've had restored by one of our forumites -- Gary the Penman -- with the gift and skill to breathe life into old and tired steel.

The photos below will show you what I sent him, then the inital clean-up of the blades, and finally a set of scales for each crafted by Gary.

So, here's what he had to work with initially. They were definitely in need of some TLC, but I knew he could bring out their beauty...

[xChris]

When Gary got the razors, he sent me an e-mail with these photos attached to show the restoration underway.

I've de-pinned and cleaned up your blades, next I'll start on the scales. See pics of before and after. They have come up very nicely. I did not sand any part of the blade faces as these are not bad at all so I just used polish and fabulustre on those. The spines, tangs etc I sanded to 2,000 grit and polished.

I was quite impressed with his progress...

[xChris]

Finally, here are the photos of the finished scales and blades. I've given them a honing, and will be trying them out to see if I've got the edge right yet.

I really like the choice/combinations of wood and spacer colors, and the shape of each scale pair with the blades' profiles.

Specs:

Razor #1--
B. Worth & Son
5/8 in. width
Square point
Black maire wood scales with green perspex spacer

Razor #2--
Haddon
5/8 in. width
Round point
Asian cinnamon wood scales with yellow perspex spacer

[moviemaniac]

WOW - they look GREAT, Chris, congratulations! :drool

[SSLSTudio...]

Chris !


Your killing me with your straights you know that dont you ! wow you must have some collection by now .

Hope you will do a special show someday showing off all your collections here

hope they shave as great as you want them to be. and thank you for pm me the other day it does help to get encouragments from fellow straight razors we are def. a unique breed. :rofl
There is nothing else like it when you shave with a straight an experience you will only find out by going straight ? :D


ENJOY !

[Padron]

Very Nice,

I love Gary's work, Congrats! :D

[xChris]

Very Nice,

I love Gary's work, Congrats! :D

At least that's what your avatar says! ICE AXE :D

I almost pulled the trigger on that one, but couldn't justify the expense at the time. At least I get to look at it every once in awhile. :rofl

[mrcleanhead]

Great work and nice pics! Congrats. Gary has made me very poor. ;)

Btw, where did you get those razors Chris? Very nice.

John

[xChris]

Great work and nice pics! Congrats. Gary has made me very poor. ;)

Btw, where did you get those razors Chris? Very nice.

John

Got both of these through eBay. I'd like to do some restoration myself, but I just don't have the time or facilities at the moment. Luckily we have a few craftsmen among ourselves that are up to the task. :happy036

[garythepenman]

Thanks Chris, I'm lucky that my mentor is Bill Ellis a true master.

Gary

[PalmettoB]

Chris, those are real beauts. Gary, nice work!

[mrcleanhead]

Gary, are the asian cinnamon scales the natural color? Oh, btw, I never see your restoration work up for sale anymore? Are you flat out with straight users' restorations like these? (Not that I need to be tempted.)

John

[Joe C]

As always, Gary does lovely work.

[Bill]

I think it is absolutely great that Gary may have taken a little bit of information from me and gone so far with it. I can't take credit for his talent, however. He is really becoming a true craftsman. I especially enjoy seeing the success and progress our students of restoration are making. As long as none of us start sanding out initials like "FDR" from the scales, we're good. :D

[coolsimon]

good to see you again gary, and nice to see the work your putting out , top notch as always...

hope to get back to the restoration side of things soon myself...all this painting and decorating is getting real old...lol

regards,simon::