Thread: W.H.GATES. first attempt at a restore

i brought this gates razor about two weeks ago cant find much history about it. W.H.GATES is all thats on the razor
i have not spent much time on the restore a cleaned and polished the razor but this thing is as hard as a hard thing,lol. went as low as emery cloth course wet an dry up to 2000grit then autosolve and then a polish all by hand
then i had Neil Miller hone it assemble and repin it. thanks Neil.
and this is the end result



if anybody can help with anymore history other than WH gates hardware this would be greatfully recieved


thanks for looking
Colin

Looks pretty good to me !

I'd be happy with that one.

nice job on the scales.

great looks you have done excellent work

Very nice! The scales came up particularly well.

Nice job. You picked a tough one for a first, those wedges can be a challenge.
I know, my first was a W&B which I had to virtually regrind.
Love those scales !!

Shaves really well to, I've only been straight shaveing for a month my 1st razor was a wapi
And I got a good shave from it. The gates is heavy and amazingly sharp its the 1st time
I have managed against the grain without the razor skipping or jumpingan such a smooth shave
Almost effort free.and almost bbs on a 2 pass shave

Thanks guys, this attempt 1 my second attempt is a joseph rodgers full wedge, in very poor
Condition the scales are a dead loss. Its almost mirror finished, and will be rescaled in ebony
Cant wait to show that one off

looking good. Especially closed, with those translucent scales

Hard is good. I'd bet that blade was hand forged and the smith used color to tell about temper and how much to draw it back, if it's hard to scratch with wet dry paper the smith knew his business. I think you'll have a fine shaver there.