Thread: Joseph Fenton & Sons Restoration

Finished this one today. A Joseph Fenton & Sons.

Unfortunately I took no before pictures.
It had bad hone ware, pitting and unsalvageable horn scales.

I re ground the entire surface of the blade, leaving some pitting remnants . The ivory scales I took from a blade that had a severe frown .

The lines on this blade are beautiful and there is a nice weight to the blade. I think I have another 3 of these blades but by different makers .

Gave it a full Nagura progression too.

The disappointment is in the pictures, it looks much better in real life.

Thanks ..

Nice job. Interesting jump pattern on that razor!

Looks like new. Find job you did. I love the slight hollow spine.

Oh nice!
I do like the lines, beveled spine, a curve in her spine, beautiful scales..
Great job! Looks like you did well on that blade face.

Great job on the restoration of a classic looking Sheffie razor.

Bob

Very nice, Joseph. Tiny bevel, too.

if those are pix that look bad, i cant wait to see it when you think it looks good. =P

great restore!

Beautiful thin scales. Very elegant.

What makes the scales translucent, a soak in oil?

Originally Posted by MrHouston

Beautiful thin scales. Very elegant.

What makes the scales translucent, a soak in oil?

They are translucent because they are so thin and they are actually really white but the photos look yellow.

These scales were another nightmare.... The blade would not centre at all ... After much head scratching I realised, I had used a wider wedge to set the blade deeper in the scales.
The one scale could not take the extra angle and flex which in turn made the pivot holes miss align slightly. Only by reducing the wedge down to its original size would the scale behave.

Wedges are tricky little buggers

Typo in the title = wireless keyboard ..

Thanks for all the great feedback..

With a wider wedge, the blade would have sat in the scales deeper at the tip, but this would have sunk the spine deeper too. I think the spine is just about right. A more curved set of scales would have made the blade tip and spine sit perfectly in the scales. BUT, These scales are beautiful! I don't think I would change a thing. So the tip is not very deep. With the way it looks I'd be very happy to have this one in my collection. Great job!