Thread: Earlier Wosty Wedge

I'm no expert but I'd have to say this appears to be an earlier example of a Wosty. The blade overall was nice but the stamping was a bit off compared to what I'd call later razors.
Regardless it's still a neat piece. I did a brushed finish on the blade and polished up the shaft and spine. That seems to be what I saw on the razor. Instead of redoing horn though I went with bone. And made a lead wedge out of a .45 bullet. It still lends that "vintage" look I hope and lets it appear as a well loved early razor.

Nice one, mycarver! The bone scales do give it the vintage look.

Super sweet job on that one!

You always feel that you where to stop a restore. Nice job!

Thank you.
I'm sure I'm not alone here in the belief you can push a razor too far. With as much meat
That is in this razor it would have been easy to grind away and go full polish. In some cases that's what people want. I like to err on the side of restraint and honor the history when and where I can.

As Always, Nice work Mark :

As you've said it's better to stick to a more traditional finish than the 'flash' that many want.

A friend had fairly recently sent me a razor to clean up and put in some run of the mill modern scales and I went with the 'satin finish' on the blade and the near mirror on the spine and tang. He loved it! I do hope the guy who he was 'Giving it to' enjoyed it as much as my friend and I did.

Hey don't get me wrong . I'm no saint. I've been guilty of buffing the snot out of razors especially when I first started. Ohhhh bling!
But I think the satiny blade with polished shaft/tail/spine is hard to beat. Most razors seem to be done this way and I like the play of textures. And in many cases it has a practical side to It as well. A satiny finish hides some flaws that these old blades invariably have. And I don't thing too may razors came polished to the hilt. They were massed produced. They didn't have the leisure to fuss over each blade like we can.

Originally Posted by mycarver

Hey don't get me wrong . I'm no saint. I've been guilty of buffing the snot out of razors especially when I first started. Ohhhh bling!

I think the KEY WORDS are 'especially when I first started'!

As said, they were mass produced and do have flaws and they didn't have time to mess with them one on one.

With that said, these days I only try to clean up a blade, if it looks like it was near mirror I try to emulate that look, otherwise, it's a 'satin finish' or on occasion a 'satin finish followed by Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish'. Just for the cosmetic effect.

Haha,,, yeah,, newbie ,,, have buffer will travel! Dope.

But the combo you mention, sand to say a 4-600 or so then a quick pass on some Mothers leaves a nice finish in my opinion. Evens it out ,, a soft sheen yet you still see "grind marks" .

I agree with the traditional philosophy on this one. Well done !