B. J. EYRE & Co. CHALLENGE RAZOR

Challenge by name and nature!! This one took quite a bit of elbow grease and head scratching. Blade was a bit of a mess and scales had seen better days. A lot of blemishes and pitting on blade. Lots of hand sanding here. Tang, tail and spine were polished but left the blade face a satin finish to cover some pitting that was too deep to try remove. My satin finishing is slowly improving, but still a ways to go and always learning. Scales came off a trashed razor. They were way too long so had to shorten them and drill new holes for repositioned wedge. Then reprofile scales ends around the wedge.


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Another great job! reminds me that i have some waiting for the same treatment.

Wow, I'm really impressed.
Looks like a new razor, I don't even see any pitting.

Love that satin finish. Shows that brilliantly shiny doesn’t have to be the goal.

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Originally Posted by STF

Wow, I'm really impressed.
Looks like a new razor, I don't even see any pitting.

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Thanks Steve. The pitting is there, but the satin finish does a 'cover up' job. :o

Very nice save.
Your satin finish looks quite uniform.... Nice!

Nice work. Satin finish is a tough one to do by hand.

That looks great. I find a nice even satin finish to be quite challenging.

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Originally Posted by DZEC

Love that satin finish. Shows that brilliantly shiny doesn’t have to be the goal.

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I agree, a satin blade finish is very nice.

A number of years ago one of our guys, Joe Chandler, told me that how he made a satin finish was to go up to 2,000 grit then go back down to a 1,000 grit.

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Originally Posted by randydance062449

I agree, a satin blade finish is very nice.

A number of years ago one of our guys, Joe Chandler, told me that how he made a satin finish was to go up to 2,000 grit then go back down to a 1,000 grit.

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Thanks for that. I’ve been searching the restore threads for how to get a satin finish and you just saved me hours of reading.