Thread: King Double Temper restoration

I picked this up a few weeks ago and a fellow board member put the bug in my ear to get it done. We're both from Pa. as is this razor and he is a King razor fan which I found out after spending time with him at a recent Meet Up.
I had to keep this razor original. Granted it is much easier in some respects to just polish up a blade, put some current fad scales on it and call it done. Easy!
But trying for an original restore presents it's own challenges. The blade was pretty much straight forward. Remove the rust and pitting , recreate the original texture, polish up the spine and shaft as they were and that's that.
The scales not looking like most used today are just too neat in person. The colors just don't translate well in these photos.
But the real fun and challenging part of this was something as simple as a pin.
These , as you can see in the original photos were much like you'd find on an Ivory scaled razor. No washers. The 1/16 pin was made to look like a small button.
I tried several possibilities and settled on this solution. In the shots you can see what I did,, but with the razor in hand you can't tell the difference.I included a typical #0 washer and 1/16 pin for reference.
Hope you enjoy it. I'm sure I will as it settles into my collection and rotation.