There are so many little things to remember that its so easy to miss a step and that will cause so much trouble, time and even ruin a project im sure. Ive been trying to get into the habit of writing down every step and making a checklist because #5, which Im about to upload was the longest project yet and I made some mistakes along the way that caused me some serious time and stress! lol I swore like a sailor no doubt.
Well here is my latest and my most beloved restore to date, Ive been so happy with it. Definitely not traditional, and I know that alot of guys say stuff like "putting a dress on a grandma" and other sayings to describe the modern scales and designs on 100-150yr blades, but I find myself liking both styles. I do know that there are many blades kept traditional and that most of my thirty or forty razors are original... so theres room for modern custom.. imho
This one is again Red Coolibah Burl (i love it), laminated to Blackwood with CA, with copper gilding (is that the right term?), and two wedges that are Blackwood sandwiched inbetween copper sheet. The forward wedge is suspended with brass washers. And there are brass washers with brass hexhead machine screws all the way up. I also installed zinc washers at the blade pivot to prevent corrosion. I am a sailor, all my life worked on boats, and zinc is something Ive used to prevent corrosion, figure it should work???