200 year old Sheffield Hives warranted back in service.

This lovely old Sheffield Hives warranted Stubtail came my way as part of a trade from fellow forum member It looked OK no bevel wrong scales but I saw there was potential, so I made a pair of horn scales after looking at many stubtail photo's I finally settled on a style I liked plus I had some nice pins and domed washers which I thought would kind of keep it's look authentic hopefully, I used a blood red acrylic wedge I always glue and then peen after a mock set up run, I honed the razor this morning suprisingly easy and what a fantastic edge my thumb as a big gash to prove it, I may give the razor a run out on Sunday.


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Very nice! Even your workshop pics are clean! :tu

Very handsome razor! I like the upsweep at the toe.

Great resto on that stubby. Love it.

Bob

Mesmerizingly honking good stuff! To pull off a non-replicating resto and have it work so so well!

Oh so Sweet :tu

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

An awesome restore Jamie. Well done!

Excellent work. Razor well preserved.:tu

Lovely work! Congrats!

Very nice Jamie, you will have to let us know how it shaves.

very nice job
love the domes & pinning
it is always great seeing an old boy back put in the ranks

WOW! Well done. Enjoy.

Anthony

Very well done, that is a beautiful razor!

Well done!

It's obvious that you had a well laid out plan.
I love the finish that you put on the blade.
The scales came out beautiful.
The red acrylic wedge is the icing on the cake!
Congratulations and enjoy!

Pete <:-}

WOW.
Very well done.

That is one sexy blade, I like that razor.

Charlie

Brilliant color combination. Very handsome.

Nice work, love the horn :<0)

Great outcome from your effort, man. Some different factors acting to make it astonishing. The blade you choose have great lines and you keep the beautiful grinding marks even on tang, The scales you made are from a nice horn specimen and you nailed on keeping the epoch profile. The wedge you choose just add a unique look, quite contrasting, spot on on creativity (I'd choose a natural material or metal, pf...boring). Great pinning job and material selection too.
Simply beautiful!
Have a great shave with it!

Beautiful work on this razor well done! Not so sure about the Authentic look of the wedge, i'm sure at some point in time it supported a lead wedge. Enjoy!

Ah, no worries about the wedge. I sorta like it! Did the same on an old John Milner in my early days here.
Some did not like it. Still with it's red wedge! :tu

Thanks guys for your kind remarks, regarding the wedge well I could have gone down the more purist route and used either a lead wedge or bone If I were trying to achieve that very authentic look, but I recieved the razor with scales that were 100 years to late out of date so the only thing I had to work with was the blade, I certainly looked at more stubtail razors than I care to admit and kept the materials horn design dimensions of the scales honest, I like to think the pins and domed washers are correct looking although new so I purposely used the red acrylic wedge because it seemed a nice little decorative touch which If I'm honest I'm pleased I did and wouldn't change that.:D

Great work. Very well done all around.

Very nice, well done!!

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Very nice, well done!!

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Thanks Michael and I'm glad you approve I honed the razor and gave it a shave today it took a fantastic edge and such a smooth shaver.

Lovely razor. Great work.

Very nice restore sir.
Kept the feel of its age with the shape of scale, and the wedge is different but a good contrast.
Nice job.
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Very nice, if you love it then it was done correctly. In the end that is all that matters. I make mine for me and I mostly dont follow the norm when it comes to restoring them becasue my taste is different.

You will find that there are 31 flavors of ice cream at Baskin and Robins for a reason... :tu