Fredrick Reynolds 6/8 barber notch a labor of love

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11-24-2009, 09:42 PM
cannonfodder

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Fredrick Reynolds 6/8 barber notch a labor of love

I picked this guy up a couple of months ago and just got around to working on it. I was originally going to sell it but I think I will hang onto this one. I have another just like it and it shaves very nice.

The blade had some light rust and a lot of patina, the scales were cracking and de-laminating. My original intent was to salvage the scales but after a couple days of work they still looked bad. I got them cleaned up and re surfaced but the areas that had started to de-laminate still had the bubbles in them. If they were black horn you would not have seen it but because they were translucent you could see every defect. So I decided to make a new set of translucent horn scales for the blade.

The blade got some heavy sanding to remove the rust and pitting. It went from 400 grit up to 8000 grit. I have a good 15 hours of hand sanding invested in it. Then it got a full buffing treatment to polish it out to a near mirror finish.

It is pinned with 1/16 brass rod with brass over stainless washers and the blade has brass thrust bearings. The wedge is white horn. I wanted to keep the original appearance of the razer and I think I managed to pull it off.

It gets honed tonight then put into service tomorrow morning. Enjoy the photos.
11-24-2009, 10:18 PM
Scipio

Wow, great work. Truly looks superb, probably better than new, as I doubt they would have achieved that mirror shine back in the day. Where do you get 8000 grit, or is it micro mesh?
11-24-2009, 10:20 PM
Scipio

And for the record is that notch verging on Spanish point? Who else thinks so? I call it a Spanish notch!
11-25-2009, 01:52 AM
DogHair

Outstanding work! I love horn scales.
11-25-2009, 02:13 AM
cannonfodder

I have another FR barber notch that I put into bone with a moseic wedge pin. The barber notch is large like that as well.

I just finished honing it. Scarry sharp edge. It gets a shave test tomorrow.
11-25-2009, 02:50 AM
nessmuck

what kind of stones hone up the reynolds the best?
11-25-2009, 03:08 AM
cannonfodder

Well, this one started with a 320 diamond plate to cut the new bevel. Then a 600 diamond, 1200 diamond, 4000 norton, 9000 King with a slurry, then a 9000 King with no slurry then a 12000 with a light slurry, then no slurry to polish. After that 0.5 micron chromium oxide and leather. That gives me a nice polished scary sharp edge. Most of my razors get a simular progression.
11-25-2009, 03:12 AM
cannonfodder

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Originally Posted by Scipio

Wow, great work. Truly looks superb, probably better than new, as I doubt they would have achieved that mirror shine back in the day. Where do you get 8000 grit, or is it micro mesh?

Micromesh. I have it up to 12000 but with the buffing compounds it is not necessary to go all the way up the scale.