Thread: I Pearce ..

I made a restoration video a few days ago but unfortunately my lighting was poor which lead to a flickering film.
So instead i captured some stills from the footage.

John Pearce.
This one had warped scales and deep pitting. Beautiful flowered collars and inlay. One of two i believe and a crown which is the equivalent of warranted.

Around 200 years old . I didn't want to remove too much steel so i just cleaned it up on a 400 grit belt which is a finishing belt. Then i did a touch of 600 grit greaseless and some emery which leaves a satin finish.
The harsh lines in the photos is camera trickery it really just looks like a hazy satin.

I left the scales in Neatsfoot for a few weeks then straightened them out . A light sanding and some epoxy here n there.

Tonight i honed it up on the 800 & 1000 Naniwas then a full Nagura progression on the Nakayama. HHT is great so it will be my xmas day shave.

I think the name scratched into the horn scales reads: H G Slone.
Plenty of character this one.

Nice restoration while leaving the aged look. I have a razor with flowered collars somewhere. Always thought those were nice touches on a razor.

Bob

Great work as always, Joseph-It boggles my mind that you do blade restoration on belts and hard contact wheels like a knife-maker instead of cotton, sewn muslin or whatever. It seems like the flats would constantly be in danger of becoming missiles?!

All I can conclude is that you have a steady hand and lots of skill. If you make any videos of restorations on those wheels with different compounds, I would love to see them, as I'm sure others would too. Merry Christmas with that old beauty-gotta pick out one for myself for tomorrow's shave.

Thanks Aaron.
The cotton wheels are not precise although that is good in some respects.
Becoming some kind of grind master is the ultimate goal.
Happy Christmas
Joseph

Had shave. Soft n smooth sums it up..

Bad lighting and i didn't have much to say..

Thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSxnnk6Esbc&t=47s

Very nice project. I too am interested in how you are using the belts. More pictures of different stages and blade positioning on the belt(s) would be great.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

Very nice project. I too am interested in how you are using the belts. More pictures of different stages and blade positioning on the belt(s) would be great.

I will make one soon.
I'm not sure if it's that rare. Everything I do on the grinder is learnt through trial and error because there is no help for me YouTube etc.
Now I have felt belts which take polishing compounds I can go from start to finish on the belt grinder.
The only drawback is the cost.

You mentioned making a failed video due to lighting. But if you have other stills from that video at different stages in the operation, perhaps you could post these here like you did with the ones you posted? Stills with written commentary could work quite well, if they are accessible from your end, without needing to make a new video.

My interest has to do with a 19th century razor that is currently en route to me and needing lots of touch-up correction. I have a belt sander with a couple of 6-inch diameter wheels, smaller than yours for sure, but maybe I could use it for restoring things in a similar way following your example.

Nice. With very old ones like this there is always a tradeoff between maintaining the look and age, and making it decent again. I think you hit the nail right on the spot.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Nice. With very old ones like this there is always a tradeoff between maintaining the look and age, and making it decent again. I think you hit the nail right on the spot.

Thank you.
To be honest it was the scales which dictated my strategy...