Thread: Wedgy Wosty

I just wrapped this up today. Did the usual cleaning up the blade. For scales I really liked the original style but they were toast. I found some translucent horn which has a color similar to the originals in a sort of Tobacco with streaked dark color to it. Doesn't show well in the photos. I duplicated the thickness of the scales to within 200ths MM in taper, kept the sides flat which reflect nicely and the small perimeter bevel catches light in a neat way. I reused the original wedge.

Great restore again Mark, Very nice!

Man, that is classy! Simple and masculine like a razor should be. Great work!

Thank you gentlemen! Yeah, something about these old ones just begs to be kept in their original clothes. To my eye using some new high tech product doesn't always work. Dressed in formal attire they always look good. Fitting somehow. Otherwise it's like trying to fit Mag Wheels on a Duesenberg. Ahhh,, maybe not a good idea.

Originally Posted by mycarver

Dressed in formal attire they always look good.

And photographed well.
Ralph

Here I always feel like photos are my Achilles heel! Thanks.

Great looking restore as usual. Keep up the great work.

What they said... and a special thanks for those brass pins (and that they're just a little bit higher-than-flush, rather than stacked) -- I like how they play off the dark-brown of the scales, and do a "gold-and-silver" thing with the wedge and blade. Clean and classic... with the depth and beauty that follow in Simplicity's wake.

Nice & Chic.
A Classic !!

Originally Posted by JBHoren

What they said... and a special thanks for those brass pins (and that they're just a little bit higher-than-flush, rather than stacked) -- I like how they play off the dark-brown of the scales, and do a "gold-and-silver" thing with the wedge and blade. Clean and classic... with the depth and beauty that follow in Simplicity's wake.

Thanks, glad you caught that little detail. I almost went Nickel with SS washers but I thought it would be redundant and too much silver would just wash out the whole 'vibe' of the blade. I thought all silver in a line, ( blade, tang, wedge) with the brass on the depth of the scales.
Wow,, so happy you saw it too.