Thread: A seldom seen early Wm. Stenton

A Wm. Stenton 11/16 near wedge with a fancy arris spine and upper and lower jimps. The glaze finished blade faces and crocus finished spine and tang contrast nicely. The GR sovereign stamp dates the razor 1820 to 1830. Tweedale's Directory has him working for Naylor & Sanderson from 1820 to 1829. The broken original black horn scales were copied in honey horn thinned to .110 thickness along with a lead wedge and brass pins and collars. The in work picture is off the 400 grit belt and the bevel set on a 1K.

Very nice redo. Looks great!

Bob

Fantastic razor and restoration.

Pete <:-}

I do love that Square spine, they are unique.
You did a blinding job on that. Well done.

Beautiful work. You restored a similar Wm. Stenton for me several years ago and it remains one of my favorites. Scales compliment the big blade nicely.

Outstanding Job Karlej!

Nicely done.

Did they taper the whole blade from the spine at the toe end to the tail? I’ve been trying to make one and got off track as I’ve never handled one. The geometry I ended up with is similar to post 1850’s Sheffield’s with a stub tail profile.

Wow, that is absolutely stunning! Can I ask what your process was for restoring the blade? All hand sanding? What grits did you end up using? Any buffing?

Thank you for sharing this!

Originally Posted by ppetresen

Wow, that is absolutely stunning! Can I ask what your process was for restoring the blade? All hand sanding? What grits did you end up using? Any buffing?

Thank you for sharing this!

I use a 2 x 72 grinder. The hard wheel allows me to keep all the blade details and the stamps crisp. I started this blade at 220 grit and went to 600 grit. The glazed blade face is achieved with a 4 inch sisal wheel and Janz LA 348 cut and color compound. The spine and tang were polished on a hard 4 inch cotton wheel with Jantz LA855 Black Magic for the crocus type finish.