Thread: Whale bone restore.

Ok so a while back i got some whale bone from my dad who said he wanted to take up SR shaving. Soi got to looking at this stuff and thought i would make a great set of scales and matching brush! I decided that i would make my dad a nice razor for xmas as a gift and surprise him with it and some other goodies. After talking to Pixelfixed i sent it to him to have the brush and cut a blank for me and the brush came back most beautiful. I started working on the scales and attached them to some thin black G10 for the liner to give them some extra strength. Picked out a nice blade to put in them and started shaping them and coated them in several layers of CA will there in my vacuum chamber so it would fill all of the pours of the bone. I looked for some bigger washers that i liked but didn't find any so i made some with a blowtorch and some silver i had using a mold i made and some time i think they came out very nice. After all was said and done after about 2 weeks i was done and the razor was ready then at the last min i managed to chip my freshly honed blade and had to start over but after a long while of honing the chip out it is done and ready. It took a while to get it all to this point so i hope you like it and tell me what you think, and thanks again to Pixelfixed for the great brush. I hope this turns out to be a nice gift that will be enjoyed.

Beautiful,,,,I've never seen the wedge get substituted for washers or is that something different that washers? ,,,I really like that.

Nice work, like the spacer and the scales, and, well the whole lot. I think you are gonna have one happy father.

+ 1 on the washer / wedge thing, it really opens it up, nice touch!
He can't go wrong with Swedish steel, unless he's Russian, our steel have cut many Russians over the years.
Also like the shape of the scales, looks organic in some way, goes well with the whale bone.

I think you will have a very grateful father!

Thank you very much, the spacer is a titanium stand of that is used in folding knives, its just sanded down to to the width i needed

My long lost Son,
that is a beautiful piece of work.....
Your not buying the first line are you?
Well you can't blame me for trying.

A very inspired set, the textures and color, the spacer/wedge, the liner everything comes together beautifully.
Great job

And Pixelfixed another fine looking lather loader there.

Any pics of the vacuum chamber, some of us love tools and can't get enough of pics!

Originally Posted by pfries

My long lost Son,
that is a beautiful piece of work.....
Your not buying the first line are you?
Well you can't blame me for trying.

A very inspired set, the textures and color, the spacer/wedge, the liner everything comes together beautifully.
Great job

And Pixelfixed another fine looking lather loader there.

lol well i have some extra bone left for a father figure

The vacuum is an old pressure cooker i moded out and hooked up to a harbor freight vacuum pump. I will try and post a pic of it. It works great and if you want any info on building one just hit me up.

Nothing wrong with that work Bubba!!!

Not that I'd plan on hunting you down but can you add your location?? Others in the area may be interested in getting with you!!

There's nothing like hands on experience!!

I think that posting pictures of your vacuum set up is a wonderful idea!! I for one would like to see it!!

Again, Nice Work!

Don't fret Pixel! I thank you too! Not only nice work but thanks for helping another out with your expertise!