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11-01-2014, 03:56 PM #21Senior Member
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That is one clean looking blade!
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11-04-2014, 08:31 PM #22Razor Vulture
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Well, here ya go, Harold! They were not too bad, just a bit of CA and some elbow grease. Funny, I had unpinned the blade a good while back and before I unpinned the bottom, I went out to the buffer to clean up the bottom collars a bit as they were really crusty.
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I soon realized the collars were not brass. Nor was the pin. I thought steel, but a magnet did not faze them. Silver!
I have not seen silver collars on an FBU Wade and Butcher before. Now I have! Did not go too shiny with them as I wanted it to look authentic. Blew off the pivot bushing and blade spacers too. Pinned it up as it was made!
2 layers and a few swipes on the DMT revealed a teeny bevel, so with 1 layer I proceeded with all natural stones off the 1k. Honed up super nice. Smooth old shaver, for certain!
Mike did a great job to smooth it out and kept the weight and the dimensions true!
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11-04-2014, 10:21 PM #23Senior Member
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Really nice Tom...scales look just right and I Love the NiAg washers and pins. This blade is really a classic Tom, and it was a lot of fun working on this project with you. We'll have to do it again someday! Originally Posted by sharptonn
Well, here ya go, Harold! They were not too bad, just a bit of CA and some elbow grease. Funny, I had unpinned the blade a good while back and before I unpinned the bottom, I went out to the buffer to clean up the bottom collars a bit as they were really crusty.
I soon realized the collars were not brass. Nor was the pin. I thought steel, but a magnet did not faze them. Silver!
I have not seen silver collars on an FBU Wade and Butcher before. Now I have! Did not go too shiny with them as I wanted it to look authentic. Blew off the pivot bushing and blade spacers too. Pinned it up as it was made!
2 layers and a few swipes on the DMT revealed a teeny bevel, so with 1 layer I proceeded with all natural stones off the 1k. Honed up super nice. Smooth old shaver, for certain!
Mike did a great job to smooth it out and kept the weight and the dimensions true!
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11-05-2014, 12:47 AM #24Razor Vulture
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My gratitude, Mike. It was hard to talk you into doing this, I know. A fine man, you are doing razors for the reward of love. Originally Posted by Wolfpack34
Really nice Tom...scales look just right and I Love the NiAg washers and pins. This blade is really a classic Tom, and it was a lot of fun working on this project with you. We'll have to do it again someday!
I pretty much do the same. The labor of a man who loves what he does may not be perfect, but shall stand out, regardless.
Your work on the blade respecting it, made a theme for the scales. I could have sanded and polished them til they were mirrors.
Instead, (I hope!) I found a way to see the grain in the horn and make the scales fit the natural look of the blade.
I totally dig it! Thanks for the help!
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I rest my case.
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11-05-2014, 03:53 AM #25Senior Member
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Wow! Great job all around!
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11-05-2014, 04:44 AM #26Junior Member
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Gorgeous razor nice work!
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11-14-2014, 02:31 AM #27Senior Member
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Two-tone touch is very nice.
Makes this blade outstanding.
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11-04-2015, 03:02 AM #28
That is BEAUTIFUL!
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11-04-2015, 03:13 AM #29Senior Member
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It looks awesome! I just don't like full mirror finishes on blades of that era, I'm more of a 600 grit satin finish guy.
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11-04-2015, 04:13 AM #30barba crescit caput nescit
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It's so beautiful it brings a tear to my eye... Originally Posted by Chevhead
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