Thread: Fourth restore...redo - rookie mistake

This is the fourth restore I've done (though #2 and #3 were more of a preservation). It's a WeyHand from Solingen by Franz Weyand from around 1928. I hand polished to 2500 grit and finished with a little Simichrome. There's a bit of a profile issue with the nose, but I wasn't confident in removing it and it didn't look like it would affect the edge. The scales were a yellowish plastic with some warping and I really didn't like the look of them with the blade. I haven't made scales yet and didn't want to spend a ton of money on this, so I picked up a set of plastics from Maggard razors - really great people. The scales are pretty comfortable in use and feel solid. I hadn't used a smile razor before, so I honed it up and shaved last weekend. This one may become my favorite. It did a pretty good job and was a comfortable shave. Sorry, I'm bad about taking before pics so all I have is the thumbnail from the bay. Any comments would be appreciated as I'm still trying improve with this hobby. I've already found things on this site I didn't know I should have known. Thanks in advance.

The thumbnail


The finished (for now) project.