Thread: Wolf Stub tail restore

Beautiful job. I'd love to hear the steps you went through on restoring the scales.

Joe

Blades of that shape really didn't do.it.for me until seeing your restore! What a fine piece to shave with. The scales, man, who woulda thought that they are the originals? BEAUTIFUL....


In Christ
SB

Nice restoration. How did you restore the scales?

Very fine work...amazing result....
I also want to hear how you managed to pull off the scale job...did you unpin them or worked on the razor as it was?
What about the exfoliation? surely you used something to fill the cracks/exfoliation ca??

The scales turned out awsome...and so did the blade.

Anyway this is a realy nice save. Hope is shaves great.

Speach...Speach!)

Originally Posted by ovidiucotiga

I also want to hear how you managed to pull off the scale job...did you unpin them or worked on the razor as it was?
What about the exfoliation? surely you used something to fill the cracks/exfoliation ca??

How did you restore the scales?

I'd love to hear the steps you went through on restoring the scales.

Well, thank you very much.

First of all, I did it very carefully. After unpinning the blade, I washed them with warm water and then dried with hot air.
The dirt inside the scales I tried to remove with a small cotton cloth soaked in rectified petrol.
Then I wetsanded the scales with 800, 1200, 1500, 2000 and 2500 grit sandpaper. A drop of rust remover on iron washers and I cleaned them up with a bit of fine steel wool. Then I polished the scales manually (with my fingers only) using the German polishing paste called Autosol. At the end, to give them some shine, I used the Turtle wax.

The big and only secret of successful restoration is the patience, lots of patience.

I'm amazed at how the horn turned out. Nicely done.

Thanks for detailing that sequence. That's good to know about. I had never heard of rectified petroleum. I'll order some.

Joe

Originally Posted by carrolljc

Thanks for detailing that sequence. That's good to know about. I had never heard of rectified petroleum. I'll order some.

Hmm. I checked online. Doesn't look as if rectified petrol is available in the USA. There's a Spanish company that sells it in Europe. I wonder if it goes under some other name in the USA.

Joe

Originally Posted by vaga

Hi all,

Let me show you this exceptional, very old straight razor.


WOLF & crown, Acier Fondu, 6/8”, wedge type, made by John Shepherd in Sheffield between 1770 – 1795.
This razor can be seen in the very famous booklet written by old judge Lummus.


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The blade is still in very good, almost perfect condition. The honey horn scales were very dirty and a bit rotten,
but finally I managed to preserve them, as well as the lead wedge and iron washers. Only one brass pin was replaced.


Feel free to look at the pictures.


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Just had to have these pics on the next page, gall darn exceptional...

Really, thanks for sharing this beautiful piece with us, Vaga!

Edit: Not sure what I'm doing wrong, previewing before posting shows the pics... Anyhoo

In Christ
SB

Originally Posted by carrolljc

Doesn't look as if rectified petrol is available in the USA. . . . I wonder if it goes under some other name in the USA.

If rectified petrol is unavailable, what would be the best alternative? I'd like to hear what others use to clean old horn scales.

Joe