Thread: Gold Lettered Razors

Here's a pic of one I did recently...




And here's the ticket as far as how to do it:



Completely finish sanding the scales to the final polished finish that you want ( I go to 12K grit) and then apply the pen to the letters. Be sure and get the fine point pen. After that let it dry over night and then lightly sand off the over paint with fine grit sand paper. Apply a second coat if necessary and then repeat the process.

Then with a fine point brush coat the letters with CA and when dry lightly sand with your final grits of sand paper. The buff the scales with polish.

Works really well ...and easy!

Thanks for the info, I've been wanting to try this, will definitely be giving this a go

Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

Here's a pic of one I did recently...




And here's the ticket as far as how to do it:



Completely finish sanding the scales to the final polished finish that you want ( I go to 12K grit) and then apply the pen to the letters. Be sure and get the fine point pen. After that let it dry over night and then lightly sand off the over paint with fine grit sand paper. Apply a second coat if necessary and then repeat the process.

Then with a fine point brush coat the letters with CA and when dry lightly sand with your final grits of sand paper. The buff the scales with polish.

Works really well ...and easy!

That looks a lot easier than what I did! Thank you!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It looks like Rub-n-buff? I wonder how they dyed those scales red?

GIYF

Black is performed by steeping brass in aquafortis till it is turned green; with this the horn is to be washed once or twice, and then put into a warmed decoction of logwood and water.
Green is begun by boiling it, etc., in alum-water, then with verdigris, ammoniac, and white wine vinegar, keeping it hot therein till sufficiently green.
Red is begun by boiling it in alum-water, then with verdigris, ammoniac, and finished by decoction in a liquor compounded of quicklime steeped in rain-water, strained, and to every pint an ounce of Brazil-wood added. In this decoction the horns are to be boiled till sufficiently red.

Horns receive a deep black stain from solution of nitrate of silver. It ought to be diluted to such a degree as not sensibly to corrode the substance, and applied 2 or 3 times if necessary, at considerable intervals, the matter being exposed as much as possible to the sun, to hasten the appearance and deepening of the color.