Thread: My first set of scales and first resto attempt.

I finally finished a set of scales. This first razor (5/8 stainless J.A. Henckels) was the very first razor I bought. It was slightly tarnished and had standard yellow plastic scales. I polished up the blade, and made new scales. They are brass lined, Olive wood, with brass pins, and collars made from 3/32 brass tubing. It was also my first CA finish.

The second razor (5/8 Bengall square point) I decided not to sand all the pitting off to try and preserve the etching. I took it completely apart and was able to save the washers, and pewter wedge. The buffalo horn handles were badly warped and dried out. I boiled them in water and soked them in boot oil over night. I then sanded them lightly starting at 400 Grit up to 2000. I think it really cleaned up nice.

Thanks to Joe Chandler for supplying the wood, Bill for his wonderful CD, Toxxik for his sanding bands, and everyone else for inspiring me. I am still working on taking pictures. I am happy with these, but they do not really show the spit shine on the scales. I have three more blades in the works, and rough cut scales for them. I wish I would have taken before pictures of these razors. I listed both razors on Ebay as I am attempting to raise money to get my own custom Chandler.

Hi 1Adam12
I just love that wood, very nicely done and I also like that type of blade. All of my routine razors have that type of blade.
Round point are safer to shave with.

Keep up the good work.

Nice work 1adam12, gotta love that olive. Very clean looking stuff your doing. We'll be looking to see more in the future

In one word: WOW!!!

My goodness those are nice looking scales ! Great job.

Thats a spectacular piece of wood and really well executed scales.

Great result with the buff horn too mate... it's good to be able to save materials like that

You should be well pleased with both those razors mate.

Greg Frazer

I love the olive and brass, absolutely beautiful. I'm not as much of a one for darker horn scales, but the second blade looks great. I love square points. Besides just looking great, they make it possible to perfectly trim sideburns on my XTG pass.

2 thums up!

very nicely done.

Very nice work. Better than my first attempts

Very nice work all around. Nice way to save the horn scales too

Bob