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.

Nice job!
The light colored one looks to much like an old table knife for my taste but I'm sure I could get used to it!

Looks great! Could you post a bit more regarding the epoxy/rebar idea please? I think I get what you did but am not quite clear. The top pic shows what I think is the hole in the scale but I can't quite understand the totality of what you did. Your techniques are pretty instructive so I'm trying to leach ideas!

That photo is the inside of the scale. The hole you see is for the 1/16 th pin for the hinge . This is all pretty tiny stuff . Looks big here though. That slot I made is maybe 1/4 inch long?
But what I was able to do was make a slot for a section of rod to drop into spanning across the crack to bridge it adding strength. I didn't want to rely on whatever glue I could work into the crack itself as this can be an area under stress. The rod in epoxy just makes it strong and I don't have to depend on the thinness of the glued scale alone.

Gorgeous work!

Thanks Mark, that clarifies it. Pure genius!!! I never would have thought of that for strengthening the scale. I may have to go back and look at some scales I've relegated to "parts" to see if I can use that technique to revive them.

Mike

The bear and the honey !!

I've got a couple, very nice shavers. You did some nice work there my friend!!

Haven't shaved with the new one yet,, but the Ivory style one is just wonderful. I'm sure the new one will be just as fine.

Bite your tongue, That barber notched table knife is so classic it's criminal to bad mouth it.

Both are wonderful, but I am personally attracted to the vintage look of the lighter.

Together they do make up a sort of Yin and Yang of color and style.

As always, beautiful work Mark.