Thread: Restoration #2....

Well here it is. My second attempt at restoration. As you see I used a C.A. Johnson "Our Best" 5/8 Blade that I just couldn't get the worst of the pitting out. I was afraid I would end up with a paper thin blade if I did. The scales are Sassafras I got from a buddy of mine and the spacer is a piece of Black Walnut. I used 1/16" brass rods and #0 wide & flat washers for the pins. I used 3k sand paper on the pins to smooth them off. That's MOP i the inlay. Made the indentation for teh inlay a little to big, thus the minor mistakes.

Very nice looking work...

Looks Good!

Looks like you did a very good job finishing the Sassafras. What did you use?

Great Job! Some pitting is just too hard to get out and has too many risks of thinning an already thin blade. I love the scales though and the pin job is outstanding!

Sassafrass is a great timber to work with.
Coming along nicely

Not being picky, just curious about your spacer. May just be the pic's perspective but it seems wider at the end rather than near the blade.

Originally Posted by mrbhagwan

Looks Good!

Looks like you did a very good job finishing the Sassafras. What did you use?

Thank you! I used Thin Hyperbond CA, about 20 coats and sanded each coat with sandpaper from 200-3K grit until I got all the imperfections out.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Sassafrass is a great timber to work with.
Coming along nicely

Not being picky, just curious about your spacer. May just be the pic's perspective but it seems wider at the end rather than near the blade.

Actually, it is slightly wider at the end. I purposely tapered the spacer so as not to put alot of stress on the tip of the scales. Putting the blade in there stresses the wood near the pin if the spacer isn't tapered, IMHO.

Originally Posted by rrp1501

Actually, it is slightly wider at the end. I purposely tapered the spacer so as not to put alot of stress on the tip of the scales. Putting the blade in there stresses the wood near the pin if the spacer isn't tapered, IMHO.

I get your point. I'm just use to seeing the taper reversed

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I get your point. I'm just use to seeing the taper reversed

I'm pretty new to this. Is it better to have the taper reversed from the way I did it? Every bit of help I could definitely use! Thank you for the input!

This is a factory razor. You will see the taper is reversed to yours. Hope this helps.