Thread: ENTER YOUR NEW RESTORE CONTEST RAZORS HERE!!!

Originally Posted by Doc

Do you have any before shots?

I might have some on my camera, but I need to get it back from a friend. I used my girlfriendls DSLR to take these photos.

Ok guy's I just heard from David that our prizes for this contest will be, for best restore a Dovo Blond 6/8 Best Quality razor and for best totally overhauled razor it will be a 3" Red ofBlack Latigo Strop. These prizes were donated by our own Lynn and Don at Straight Razor Designs. so come on and get those razors fixed up and entered here!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Doc

Ok guy's I just heard from David that our prizes for this contest will be, for best restore a Dovo Blond 6/8 Best Quality razor and for best totally overhauled razor it will be a 3" Red ofBlack Latigo Strop. These prizes were donated by our own Lynn and Don at Straight Razor Designs. so come on and get those razors fixed up and entered here!!!!!!!!!!

Those are totally awesome prizes. Thanks and props to Lynn and Don for the awesome donations!! You guys rock.

Muirtach,

That is a beautiful restore! I love the copper lined scales. Did you happen to document your process at all? I'd love to make some scales like that.


This can be answered by anyone... what is CA? as in CA coated scales.

Well, after seeing all the fine examples so far, I am reticent to post these pictures. First, I am a newbie, only str8 shaving for a month. Second, I'm not the greatest photographer in the world and am using a "el cheapo" brand camera.

I was given a Clauss a few weeks ago (no I have no pictures of it because I thought I would have ruined it anyway). Scales were broken and unrepairable. The blade was rusty to say the least. My wife said: "Surely your not going to try to fix that? Are you?"

Armed with sandpaper, a Dremmel Tool, and some left over Walnut from a gunstock I had made, I entered into the realm of restoration! Tracing the scales onto paper was the easy part. It got harder as I went along!












OK There it is. First off, I wish to thank Bob Allman for the use of his buffers (Oh I GOT to get one of those!) and his overview of my work (stopping me just short every time was going to screw up or about to remove a finger or two!). Also I would like to thank Hoglahoo, Holli4, Gugi and Lynn for their watchfull eye during chat nite while I honed this bad boy up while consuming two bottles of Shiraz in the process (well, my wife did help in that department).

By the way, I shaved with it this morning and I had a wonderfull shave! This thing is sharp and smoooooooothhhh! I like it.

Mistakes? Oh yeah, plenty. ` I see all the warts, but they are my warts! I learned a lot and hope to take that knowledge with me on my second attempt!

Fantastic figuring on that walnut.

I did not take any process images of the work and it looks like I forgot to take before images as well. I took a quarter inch thick piece of wood and split it with a japanese razor saw. I then epoxied the two halve to the copper with the outside halves down. After it cured I then took it to my belt sander to smooth out and flush up the edges. Quite simple and it helps bolster up the thinner scales after spliting it for the bookends. CA is simply superglue. I use the thinnest I can get and sand it smooth with 600 grit between layer applications.

Lovely Flylot. I hope my first turns out that nice.

Originally Posted by Muirtach

Fantastic figuring on that walnut.

I did not take any process images of the work and it looks like I forgot to take before images as well. I took a quarter inch thick piece of wood and split it with a japanese razor saw. I then epoxied the two halve to the copper with the outside halves down. After it cured I then took it to my belt sander to smooth out and flush up the edges. Quite simple and it helps bolster up the thinner scales after spliting it for the bookends. CA is simply superglue. I use the thinnest I can get and sand it smooth with 600 grit between layer applications.

I love the way that layer of metal inside the scales looks. I think I might try bronze or nickel or something that will match the pins. Or better yet... can I get/make copper pins? Copper is my favorite metal color. My mind is racing with ideas.

I have several ebay razors as candidates. My friend at work lent me his tumbler he uses for polishing his bullet casings, so I'll be tossing a blade or two in there sometime this week.

Sorry for discussing restoration on this thread. Can we make a thread to discuss these entries, or is discussion on this thread OK?

I had this blade in a bunch of stuff I bought to play with. The blade was badly pitted and took some serious sanding to get down to some better looking steel. The hard part was not going so far as to loose the stamps and etchings but still get a decent look, so I had to stop without removing all the pitting. The scales were in pretty good shape from another razor with a busted blade. My camera isn't the greatest.

I put the Cut Throat Porter in as a cheap ploy for beer points.

Very nice classic restore there. Got to love the pipes