Fully restored J.R.Torrey" Our 136"

This was done for one of our members here at SRP to his specs....
JR Torrey & Co "Our 136" 5/8 Roundpoint

The scales are Bloodwood with a solid brass wedge, the peened pins are also brass, done by request to as close to a vintage look as I could get...


This one hits the hones tonight, and gets a test shave in the morning, and if all is right and good in the world, will be flying back home to it's owner tomorrow....

Yes I polished it out for ya too....


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fine work Glen

Very, very nice. Excellent balance and nice finish.

:y

Looks great Glen!!!

Thanks so much. Can't wait to shave with that one. The scales really turned out great with the bloodwood.

Chris

Ooo errr missus.

Very very nice Glen :tu

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Is the brass spacer primarily for aesthetics or to effect the overall balance?

Did you start with 1/8" bloodwood stock?

great work as usual, Glen.

Old thread, i know. I picked up one of these in an ebay lot and was going to restore it. This one doesn't really need new scales yet, but a polish and a repinning. I was wondering if the etching will stand up to polishing?

scratch that, they need new scales. bakelite broke.

Impressive, it turned out beautiful! If it misses it's flight, send it my way.

Very nice, bloodwood looks superb, well done!

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Originally Posted by jamesm

Old thread, i know. I picked up one of these in an ebay lot and was going to restore it. This one doesn't really need new scales yet, but a polish and a repinning. I was wondering if the etching will stand up to polishing?

scratch that, they need new scales. bakelite broke.

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IIRC I did that one by hand, so yes it did.. I have done a few more since then using buffers and just so long as you don't go lower then 400 grit greaseless I did fine and so should you..

Wow that was almost 5 years ago now hehehe

Very smart indeed, those scales look fantastic Glen, great finish on them, another extremely satisfied customer waiting to take charge of a GemStar custom razors.

Jamie

Beautiful work once again.
Love to view these threads.

Nicely done Glen. Top looking restore, the finish on those scales is great.

Stu

Have not worked with bloodwood yet. Hope too soon as it's an amazing looking wood!!