Thread: Finally finished my Baurmann & Sohne Custom 100 restore

Just thought I would post a few pics of this completed restore. I honed it this morning on my Naniwa's and test shaved. Please see my post in the 'Shave of the Day.'
Maple scales
Wedge is made from a piece of the old scales that came with the razor.
I know the wedge isn't perfect. I was going to make another one but decided it was good enough at this point for me to shave with.
Blade sits nice and center after some adjusting of the scales by taking some material off where necessary.
Good to go for me.

A nice clean looking restore.
Well done.

Thank you for the kind comment.

Good stuff! You can certainly proud of that razor. Hope it shaves like a dream for you.

As you mentioned the wedge fit is poor. Don't sand on the wedge separate from the scales. Assemble the wedge and scales and file/sand the wedge down to the scales as an assembly. The wedge appears to be a spacer vice a wedge.The inside edges of the scales are rolled over from sanding/finishing also. The wedge and scales should look like the grew together. A difficult thing to learn when finishing wood scales is to stay off the inside edges. Using a stiff backing with the abrasives will help prevent rolling the edges. You are shooting for your wedge scale fit to look like this photo.

[QUOTE=karlej;1611002]As you mentioned the wedge fit is poor. Don't sand on the wedge separate from the scales. Assemble the wedge and scales and file/sand the wedge down to the scales as an assembly. The wedge appears to be a spacer vice a wedge.The inside edges of the scales are rolled over from sanding/finishing also. The wedge and scales should look like the grew together. A difficult thing to learn when finishing wood scales if to stay off the inside edges. Using a stiff backing with the abrasives will help prevent rolling the edges. You are shooting for your wedge scale fit to look like this photo.

Awesome! thank you very much for the comments. Going to save that picture and use it as a guide if that's OK with you.
Kindly

That turned out well.
Looks like you did shorten up the scales too...
Nice job!

Here is a link , which I hope works, to a tutorial I did on making and fitting a lead wedge. http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...-way-i-do.html if not it is buried several pages back in the work shop forums. I hope you find it useful. The fitting process is the same no matter the material. Didn't make the sticky for some reason. While on the subject there is a sticky at the top of the Workshop page with lots of information that will help you on your scale making journey. I also did one on making horn scales buried in the forums. Again the process is the same for wood without applying a finish of course.
Good luck,
Karl

Great Restore, sweet job, have a Great Shave with it, time to Lather up.

I do not see a photo. It's just me?