Thread: First resto - Frederick Reynolds w/pics

This is my first full restoration. I know before posting that there's quite a few things that are less than perfect, and I would really love suggestions on how to do better next time.

The first shot is the before (obviously). The razor had been badly honed, many times over. It had a very slight frown, very uneven hone wear along the bevel, sanding marks along the blade, and a handle that was falling apart.

The new handle is lace wood; sealed with beeswax that was given a slight red tint. With the new scales, the razor balances on the tang.

The pins are replacement dovo pins from classicshaving.

The wedge was actually made by glueing three fender guitar picks together and sanding to shape.

The edge was slowly ground back into shape with some DMT type hones ranging from 200 - 600. The edge has not been properly honed yet, as I'm debating whether to send it out, or wait until I save the dough to buy some hones.