Thread: T. Hessenbruch Full Concave

I find these razors as some of the most cleanly finished razors based on the examples I've seen. This one was no exception simple as it appears.
The blade only had minor issues with some spots of light rust. A gentle sanding and polished brought it back. Fortunately the shaft had very little as these etched logos front and back would have disappeared had more work been required.
The only real issue was a crack on the facing scale at the hinge pin. Of course it couldn't be the back one which I could have easily duplicated. Polished black horn could pass for this Bakelite.
I worked some epoxy into the crack and let it set. I then, from the back naturally, routed a 3/32nd slot to receive a roughened up 1/16th brass rod. I set this into epoxy and hope it adds a bit more integrity to it acting as a piece of rebar.
This razor will now keep company with it's rather flashier brother in my collection. This razor is done in French Ivory with real Ivory covered tang. This is how I found this piece as i haven't touched it and it has its orig. box. They both exhibit the same mirror polish and finish straight from the factory.