Quote Originally Posted by Sharp&Shiny View Post
I am amazed at the quality of the restores of this one ,it certainly makes me revise my idea's of what is a suitable razor for restoration.
Outstanding work mate .
Cheers Paul
Thanks Paul! Although this was really a perfect razor to restore. Very little hone wear and the edge was perfect. Just a bit of rust BUT no pitting to speak of. I've restored a lot worse for sure and for certain.

Quote Originally Posted by MisterMoo View Post
That's some wonderful work. Great save.

You said,



When working on the scales was there an obvious odor produced? The oxydized shades seem more like ebonite/vulcanite than Bakelite. Curious if you smelled anything like either sulphur or formaldehyde or nothing at all.
Thank you Mr. Moo! The scales were definitely Bakelite. I've seen and restored quite a few hard rubber scales (Vulcanite) that were similarly discolored so I can understand your query. Same process of restoring but Bakelite takes a bit more work to get results in my experience. When sanding, there is not much smell. To me it smells like sanded wood, but my smeller ain't that good? When you sand with water using wet/dry there is no smell with either Bakelite or Vulcanite.