Thread: Thiers A.Gri//Olange - Restoration (pics attached)

I picked this one up from a street sale in Milano last month and I thought it deserves more than sitting and rusting on an old man's stall.
I grinded the edge, cleaned it up the blade a little bit and polished it. This is not a regrind. I tryied to remove as less steel as possible.
The sharpening part was not very easy. The steel of the blade is harder than ANY other I honed. Which also means that it will retain the edge better, so I am actually glad about it. I managed to bring it to HHT4 and the test shave was a delight, really.


The original handle was unsuable, so I had to use a new one.
See pics. I was thinking to say which one is "before" and which is "after", but I hope it is obvious.











...And a few picture with other details:



Hope you like it.
Andrei.

That was a lot of work you put into it. It turned out very well.

Bob

Great job on the restore, I love the scallops on the blade! What are scales made of? Are they purpleheart with an amboyna or maple spacer?

-mikeo

Nicely done. How does she shave?

Looks great man? Impressed with how he edge turned out...


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I really like all of the file work on the spine and tang. Very cool looking razor!

I'm glad you like it. Thanks for the appreciations.

The handle is grenadille wood, but I cannot take the credit for it, since I didn't make it. I don't have the experience to make a nice handle like that, yet, so I preffered to buy it. It is this one: Spare parts : E-0024
I have no idea what the spacer is made of, but it looks like plastic to me.

The edge turned out nice, indeed. When I bought it, I wasn't really sure I can save it. It took me one weekend to bring the edge back and make it look as it is now, but i think it worth every minute and every cent I spent on it.
I like it very much, myself and also, it seems to be a rare blade, since no one here seem to have heard of it (and neither does Google), so I decided to keep it in my collection.

Originally Posted by bouschie

Nicely done. How does she shave?

Well, I don't know what's the thing with these old razors, but they seem to shave better than the new ones... Or, at least, the ones I have. Maybe it has something to do with us, sharpening the blade from blunt to shave ready, rather than just touching the edge of a new razor, I don't know. Maybe.
Anyways, it is the best shaver I have until now. I judge the shaving quality by my skin reaction to afterhave, provided that everything else is pretty much the same. You know, when you put the aftershave on your face is that half of second when you feel your face is on fire? Well, it was nothing after shaving with this one. No burn, no pain... nothing. Very nice and smooth.

Looks like a nice blade. Good job.

Nice work!

Nice work, you should reshape the heel, so you will not be honing on the stabilizer and remove the pointy heel that will eventually form a hook.

You should also tape the spine to hone, especially after all your hard work polishing the razor. Once you master honing, then decide if you want to continue using tape.

It looks like you use excessive pressure and laps getting the heel honed, (you were actually grinding the stabilizer) and ground the spine excessively.

The wear marks can be polished out, but you can’t put the steel on the spine back.