Thread: King Double Temper restoration

I had a feeling you'd show up . Who do you think I was talking about when I said someone put a bug In my ear? Haha. Glad you did as I am very happy with it. Now let's see if they're more difficult to hone as you mentioned. Cannot be worse than the &@&'% wedge I did last night. Good heavens! But I beat it into submission.

I want to learn how to peen like you do... flawless really.

Thank you. Very kind of you to say that.

Very nice restore!

Ray

I prefer the original restores, you can always swap a set of scales out, but you can't put steel back.

I agree!
I posted the razor that the client wanted me to modify just minutes ago. A J. Rodgers Matchless, Cutlers to their Majesties. Pretty nice blade I'd say.

WOWWW, I really love it !!

Very good restoration Mark! I enjoyed reading over your thoughts about restoring versus HotRodMods. You're correct, the flashy mods are relatively easy in most cases. The restorations to original condition are tougher and also require research and respect. Personally I'm more for pure restoration but can also see the need and benefits of the mods. And thanks WW for the link - it's something I'm very interested in so I'll read it later tonight.

Which brings up a fledgling thought I've been having... Many of us can "restore" a blade to some extent to make it both functional and pretty. Very few can do the research and execute a true restoration that brings the razor back to its original state. I suspect that's partly current tastes of the marketplace, partly the bad condition of some blades we get our hands on, and partly a lack of knowledge about what original blades looked like. I suspect that if more of us developed the ability to execute a real restoration, more would readily jump at the chance to replicate the original condition of a blade.

Not sure where I'm going with this - as I said it's a fledgling idea - but there seems to be some opportunity for advancing the science and quality of all of our restorations drawing upon the vast wealth of experience of some of the members here. Essentially we can significantly raise the bar on what we do, but I'm not sure how to pull that together. Just a thought...

AirColorado,
I understand where you're coming from. I too was pondering the same thoughts on one of my posts until I was directed at a thread dealing with this issue.
Ultimately there will be two camps. And I can see the reasoning for both. Granted at times I'll throw on a set of non factory scales,, or polish a bit more than necessary. Sometimes it's what a customer wants.
On some of my blades I like a change of pace. And lets face it. As long as the steel is still good,, I can replace scales all day long. It's not like I'm putting a tattoo on them that they'll have for the rest of their lives.

Uhhhhhh, I'm still visiting this post on a regular basis. I'm in some kind of weird love with this razor.....hope my wife doesn't read this.