Thread: Frederick Reynolds in Honey Horn

Here's a before / after transformation. Blade was hand sanded and polished to mirror finish. Scales are replica done in honey horn with a touch more pronouncement at the tip than the originals. The wedge is faux ivory. I'm learning more and more each time I do this. Some imprecision at the tang end and fitting kept me from getting the blade to center perfectly, and I could only get so much adjustment through repeated peening on one side to move the blade--won't make the same mistake next time! I thought about putting a satin finish on the blade face, but this one was looking really cool all shiny and such. Not sure what I think about honey horn just yet, but I enjoyed the variety. Enjoy gents!

Beautiful work. I would really like to see some of that faux ivory in person and see how close it is to the real thing.

Originally Posted by JP5

Beautiful work. I would really like to see some of that faux ivory in person and see how close it is to the real thing.

Thanks! I use the Alternate Ivory Col.849 from Masecraft and have liked it, though it is brittle on the one hand and a bit flimsy on the other--kind of hard to describe. BUT, the coloring is good and it has some slight grain to it like real ivory. I never got my hands on any Kirinite ivory but it looked good from pictures I've seen, though I think they discontinued it

Great scales. Love me the honey horn.

Very nice job well done The scales are great and the blade looks terrific. The hand sanding and polishing is a lot of work and is time consuming but the results are worth it IMHO. A nice, even clean finish, the lines preserved and the tang stamp fully intact and not smeared into a blur by a buffing wheel. How's it shave, as good as it looks? And a satisfying shave, to be sure.

Originally Posted by Doc226

Great scales. Love me the honey horn.

Thanks Doc--I appreciate it!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Very nice job well done The scales are great and the blade looks terrific. The hand sanding and polishing is a lot of work and is time consuming but the results are worth it IMHO. A nice, even clean finish, the lines preserved and the tang stamp fully intact and not smeared into a blur by a buffing wheel. How's it shave, as good as it looks? And a satisfying shave, to be sure.

Thanks Tuzi! You guys set the bar pretty damn high, so I'm just doin' my best to keep up I completely concur about the hand sanding. I read about the praises of hand sanding before I ever even attempted a restore, and I have to completely agree that it is worth the time in the finished product.

This one really took a nice edge imho. What you'd typically expect from Sheffield steel. It's now on its way to its new owner who informed me that he's new to straight razor shaving and didn't have a good experience with his first razor--my hope is that this will be a good, nimble and keen razor to keep him in the brotherhood.