Thread: Wasde & Butcher 9/8ths Customized

Customising this W & B 9/8ths was quite a challenge. All done by hand.

It was a battle between pitting and the etching. Starting at 400 grit all the way to 3000.

The scales and wedge took a piece of my soul to create Translucent white horn scales and wedge lined with brass.

I'm still trying to get decent photos showing off the translucent scales .

Previously I had restored an 8/8ths which you wouldn't have guessed its size until opened , so this one I wanted the blade to show itself off even when closed.

I gave it the full Nakayama/Nagura progression and the edge is to die for.

beautiful restore job. love the brass lined wedge. are those two-tone pins i see?

Nicely done, congrats.

Bob

Damn fine work, JOB. The brass on wedge really sets it off. The scales look more like honey horn, to me.

All the same..its a great fit and finish. Bravo.! My friend.

Excellent job with the lined wedge.

Now that is an amazingly awesome job there JOB

Cheers guys. Title error whoops.

The photos do look like honey horn but in real life it is extremely pale.
This horn and wedge proved that you can never know everything and I will always be learning, damn.

The horn is the type used for spectacle frames and was not supposed to warp from heat due to it being baked instead of boiled or some thing like that. I was forced to use iced water whilst thinning though.

Also the blade isn't straight so I had to incorporate the thinning of one scale end to get it centred.

Getting a transparent lined wedge to look perfect and clean took some doing and having the blade sit at the desired height meant I needed a very thin wedge, I almost gave up on lining it.

(only ppl with clean hands may touch this razor)

Beautiful work, it looks great!

Superb. The time taken to do this by hand really shows!

Originally Posted by sloanwinters

beautiful restore job. love the brass lined wedge. are those two-tone pins i see?

Nickel pins & Solid brass bulls eye collars .