Ran-tan-karus

I had a pair of these Engstrom "made with wire rope" razors a few years ago which I scaled in vintage ivory. Sadly, I had to sell them and they wound up with a good friend. A good thing! :D The one I missed most was a super-smiling 4/8.
I missed shaving with that!
I finally procured another Ran-tan-karus smiler, 13/16+ in width, and set out to scale the blade in ivory. But I remembered I had an old set of scales with the devil logo left over from that pair I sold and dug them out. I was able to use the front scale and get this thing going nicely in Bakelite. Digging this thing. Hope you all like it! :D

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The rear scale was broken, so I needed to match a rear scale.
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Found a donor, 1/2 hole off, so I filed the pin holes inward on one scale and outward on the other, sized some of Babur's silver collars to the bottom and bolted it together there, filed the top even and sized some collars for that end.

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Bolted all together and matched the scale halves as I described in this thread! http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...le-halves.html

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Unbolted as sanding the contours and removed/indexed each collar for it's position in order to finish the scales

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Next I dealt with the logo on the front scale. It IS a RED Devil, not a black devil, but all attempts to get a good red on the bakelite was not satisfactory. I practiced on the old, broken scale half till I hit on this. Rub-n-Buff silver, allowed to dry, colored by a liquid Sharpie, applied with pointed q-tips. It can be seen and looks good to me!

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Ready to assemble now! Lead wedge original to the front scale.

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Some more finished pics

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Very nice Tom,,,,,,,,,,:tu

Woot, woot. I love it:bow

That could not have come out any nicer Tom.

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Very nice Tom,,,,,,,,,,:tu

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Woot, woot. I love it:bow

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That could not have come out any nicer Tom.

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Thanks, guys! :chapeau It is sometimes cool to restore one which needs little on either the blade or scales. Fortunately, the blade needed little. I just polished it a bit and worked like the devil (pun intended!) on the scales! ;)

That looks slick! May I ask where you obtained the "Babur's silver collars"? These look interesting :)

You're starting to get the hang of this thing Tom ..... :D I've got one of those too but a 5/8. Can't beat those smiling blades for shaving enjoyment.

Very nice. The little bit of coloring in the embossing really made it shine.

I had a couple of those back in my build/restore/sale hay-day. They were very good shavers. Wish I had kept one.

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Originally Posted by MattCB

That looks slick! May I ask where you obtained the "Babur's silver collars"? These look interesting :)

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Thank You! Babur has been around a long time in Germany. Makes and sells cat's-eyes. domes, etc. All his fancy outer collars come with some of these for the inside of them.He provides collars, pins, brass spacers, and tools/photo instructions. They work handsomely to keep the peening load off the scale and are made of brass (silver ones are plated). Being brass, the pins will not sieze in them as-peening. I use them a lot and really like them. He has begun to sell oversized and undersized ones lately. Babur can be found on EBay under 'cut throat razor pins'.

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You're starting to get the hang of this thing Tom ..... :D I've got one of those too but a 5/8. Can't beat those smiling blades for shaving enjoyment.

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Thanks! Yah, Jimmy! Nice steel/grind in these! :D

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Very nice. The little bit of coloring in the embossing really made it shine.

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Thanks! I scribbled the underside of the broken scale half with an engraver, some pin scratches, and tried a bunch of stuff.
Had to be done! :)

Very noice Bruce . :)

As always, Bruce-tom, very nice work indeed. We will now sing the club song:

Australia, Australia, Australia and Bruce-tom,
We love you,Amen.

Good on yer mate, get a tinny down your neck...

Regards,
Cobber Miller

Wow. What a great idea to get the red back. Another option to add to my "toolbox".
Thank you and by the way it turned out excellent IMO.

Very nice work!

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Very noice Bruce . :)

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As always, Bruce-tom, very nice work indeed. We will now sing the club song:

Australia, Australia, Australia and Bruce-tom,
We love you,Amen.

Good on yer mate, get a tinny down your neck...

Regards,
Cobber Miller

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Thanks, Mates! :D Oy Oy Oy! :beer1:

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Wow. What a great idea to get the red back. Another option to add to my "toolbox".
Thank you and by the way it turned out excellent IMO.

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Thank You. Experimenting pays off...sometimes! :)

That did it.


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Charley and I and are going to have add an axle to the trailer when we visit. GAH!
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Beautiful work Tom errr BRUCE!!

So call before you arrive, Wullie. I will put on tea! :D

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Looking forward to seeing pics of the new 4/8's when she's finished!

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So call before you arrive, Wullie. I will put on tea! :D

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OK.
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So THERE! NEENER NEENER!!
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I'm just imagining Wullie playing Zero Wing back in the day. :roflmao

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I'm just imagining Wullie playing Zero Wing back in the day. :roflmao

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I soooo seriously had to look that up! :roflmao Did not feel I had missed much!
But yeah! I can see it as well! ;)

It was the "All your base" meme that did it .

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It was the "All your base" meme that did it .

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Aye, sort of like an old Honda factory manual! :D

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I'm just imagining Wullie playing Zero Wing back in the day. :roflmao

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This was more my style.
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Never heard of Zero Wing, but I've seen that damn ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US forever. :rofl2:

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Never heard of Zero Wing, but I've seen that damn ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US forever. :rofl2:

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Early 90's Jp made computer game translated into Engrisu.

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Early 90's Jp made computer game translated into Engrisu.

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Well, we now know where Oz was in the early 90's! :D

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Well, we now know where Oz was in the early 90's! :D

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In Cooma, flyfishing for trout most days. :p
No computer til '95.

Sweet looking blade Tom, very nice work on that smilling blade!

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Sweet looking blade Tom, very nice work on that smilling blade!

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Thanks, Martin! Means a lot! Missed you on the forum for a bit. Good to see you here! :D

I really do love this one Tom. Its a wonderful look. I even dig the red highlights.
Well Done.

Nicely done Tom....great repair job! Love that blade profile also.

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What it REALLY needs are port and starboard running lights and one of these.
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PIMP THA SUCKER!!

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The devil made him do it! Another nice one, Tom. Love the scales, and that smiling blade is right up my alley!