Thread: Wade & Butcher medium hollow rehandled in Olive

I will keep that bluing pen in mind.

Great Resto! I've never used the barrel pivots. Did you have to do any modification to get them to work or did you just use them stock?

Looking at the comparison photo's of the jimps, i much prefer yours. They look like you'd get better grip. Got to get one of those files & try to keep it's use under control or there'll even be jimps on the cutlery! Great looking razor. I think I prefer propper pinning, but the fasteners do have some advantages.

Thanks guys!

The only modifications I had to do to install the barrel pins was to re-drill the holes in the razors' tangs. The barrels would fit into the holes, but I discovered that the holes were out of round and not perpendicular to the tang. I used a 1/8" carbide drill bit, but the tangs are so soft that a regular bit would probably work. I also had to shorten a couple of the torx head screw so that I could snug them up tightly. The 2-56 pan head screws fit right into the 1/8" hole I made in the handles. Also, while you can't really see barely see them in my photos, I installed Nylatron washers on either side of the tangs.

As for the grain matching, I just took a piece of Olive wood that I bought at Woodcraft and bandsawed it into stips. I then used double sided tape to stick the strips together while I cut them out, drilled the holes, and then sanded them to shape. That way, I'm sure to get the grain to line up.

I tried to take some photos of the original pins that I asked about. I couldn't get a real good focus on one, but this is the best I got. I buffed the pin lightly, and the black crap on it is left over from the stuff that had accumulated in the tang/pin hole.

If you're interested, here's the link to a John S. Holler & Co. razor that I'm finishing up. It re-handled it the same way as I did this Wade & Butcher.

Hmm does look more goldy than brassy

Thanks for showing us those files, ill have to get me one of those one day.

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I *love* those mongo jimps!

Very nice restore. You inspire me to buy more stuff!