Thread: Wade & Butcher medium hollow rehandled in Olive

Very nicely done Christopher! Love the wood and your eye for detail.

Beautiful work!!

FYI, the thanks from me was in large part due to your putting direct hyperlinks to the things you used, I thought that was very cool.

Red

Great job.
Nice attention to detail with the bluing pen.
I've used a whittled down toothpick in the past but not any more.

You might like the Micromesh cushioned abrasives for cleanup. Micro Mesh

They come in a large range of grits & can usually match most blade finishes.

Nice work I like the way the grain lines up on both scales.

Thanks for the knowledge on both the checkering file and the blueing pen.

have some rep for making me smarter

Charlie

I shaved with the razor this morning. The jimping did make it much easier to hold than my razors that have none. Comparing my jimping to the factory jimping on some of my other razors, I would have to say that the 40 lines per inch is more aesthetically pleasing, but mine provides better purchase. However, this may be just because my lines are cut more deeply. As a compromise, I am considering getting a 30 line per inch checkering file and giving that a try.

These are the razors I used to compare jimps. As you can see, the factory jimps are neater, shallower, and more closely spaced.






My home made ones are deeper and further apart.

By the way, in case anyone was wondering, this is what the Wade & Butcher in this thread looked like when I got it from eBay.

As an aside, is it possible that they used real gold for the pins on this razor? I wouldn't think they would on a razor with celluloid/plastic scales, but I was surprised at how brightly colored the metal was when I cut into them. A much brighter yellow/gold than any of the brass I have cut in the past.

I don't think the pins would be gold considering they look a little dull in the 'before' pics. Possibly more manganese in the mix

Dude, the restore is fantastic... those over sized jimps give the razor an "aggressive look", not to mention better grip.

Compared to your W&B, the jimps on the other razors look like... decoration.

Beautiful grain-matching on the olive scales. Very skillful woodwork! I'm impressed.

I like it! Congrats on your new razor