Thread: W&B The Celebrated

Stripped cleaned polished, Hand made washers on the Pivot, and a new Pin Of course..lol
All Original including the Lead wedge.

Thanks for looking Guys

She's mighty purty.

Good job!!!!!!!

I really like that razor as im a huge fan of sheffield razors; understated at least when in the closed position.functional yet beautiful. is the front pin original it looks big but that could be from the pivot pins scale. also what is your procces for polishing the scales. Im restoring a Greaves wedge right now that sadley some one put the the grinder prior to my getting it so Im gonna start with 60! grit and work up to 2800 mesh

Originally Posted by medic484

I really like that razor as im a huge fan of sheffield razors; understated at least when in the closed position.functional yet beautiful. is the front pin original it looks big but that could be from the pivot pins scale. also what is your procces for polishing the scales. Im restoring a Greaves wedge right now that sadley some one put the the grinder prior to my getting it so Im gonna start with 60! grit and work up to 2800 mesh

Thank you, the wedge pin is the original it has bullseye washers that make it look huge, I am not at the moment geared up for bullseye's so the pivot pin has a more standard set up.

The scales were polished using a sisal mop and grey compound (set up in a bench drill so its not too fast.. burning horn... yummy!) to lightly remove the grain, followed by a cotton mop and brown compound and another with green, I finish then with a hand buff using Mer polish.

My Joseph Rodgers had 6 numbers burnt into its horn scales and to remove them I used 320 grit paper, followed by fine wire wool, then onto the cloth mop with brown, another with green, etc, they came out very well indeed, you can just see a slight dip near the pivot that I didnt quite work out as I was worried they were getting too thin.

I hope this helps and good luck.

I like that razor alot and I love the fact that you kept it very clean and elegant looking. A worthy restored razor that should make Wade & Butcher very proud.

Good job.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

I like that razor alot and I love the fact that you kept it very clean and elegant looking. A worthy restored razor that should make Wade & Butcher very proud.

Good job.

Why thank you Sir Max, that to me is praise indeed, and I have to agree that some old Razors look just peachy as an original restore.

Thanks, Im gonna start this week, although the first horn scales I removed cracked oh well a lesson lerned. for the Greaves I slathered on some neatsfoot a few days ago and will drill out the pins instead of sanding and knocking them out. Ill update the forum and try and keep a picture progresion Thanks

Awesome
Just watch that you run the drill nice and steady, we dont wanna burn that precious horn
Good luck once again and best wishes Ralfy

I like it !!!!

There is something to be said about keeping them original as you can....


Good Job ...