Another restore - W&B

[msandoval858]

I was pretty impressed with how this one turned out considering it was an ebay special I picked up for next to nothing :cool:

New scales and ready to go to the honing stones tomorrow.

[Mottern Man]

Very Nice! :drool

[St. Croix]

Mike,

Have you tried to shave with it? The pic appears to show a lot of uneven hone wear.

St. Croix

[msandoval858]

Mike,

Have you tried to shave with it? The pic appears to show a lot of uneven hone wear.

St. Croix

No, I have not honed it yet. This baby is going to need some time on the 1k to get that evened out some but she'll shave again soon.

[PalmettoB]

Mike, it looks great. I hope it hones up well for you.

[Padron]

Looks nice and clean, should make a great shaver :D

Neale

[bearbeard]

nice find, that is a good looking razor.

[bg42]

Exellent job ,what is the material you used ?
Kind regards Peter

[msandoval858]

The scales are Dovo cheapies from Classic. They are decent cheap scales for your workhorse type razor, I wouldn't slap them on anything collectable. The scales that came on this razor were nice black plastic but very brittle, shattered on me when I tried to tap the pin a little to tighten the pivot :mad:

As for the honing, that took some work. The wear on there was pretty uneven so I spent awhile on the 1K and got it looking much better. By the time I finished the 4/8/12k passes this sucker is splitting hairs now. Will know for sure in a bit, taking it for a test shave before bed.

[C utz]

It's great to see a razor brought back to life!

While the hone wear appears to be off, the edge looks to be straight. That pattern at the top of the edge bevel mirrors the spine. Consider this when honing the razor. You might not need the extra work and extra removal of metal from the 1K, a 4K might do the trick. It's the edge that is going to be doing the shaving, not the wear.

Do a few passes on the 8K to see where the mirror polish is...if it's along the edge, I'd just make her sharp again on the 4K and clean it up on the 8K (norton).

Also, a little trick I use when removing old scales is to add some sort of oil to the pin I'm removing (I use truoil), and use more of a pulling/unscrewing from the opposite side that I have filed down the pin head. Sometimes the flare or flutting of the pin is rather wide in the hole and when I try to tap it through with a hammer, it will crack the scales (as you mentioned). The slow turning and pulling with a lubricant allows the pin to widen the hole (if needed) as it slowly comes through (I hope all that made sense).

Either way, it's great to see that ol' razor back in circulation!

C utz::