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Wade & Butcher 6/8 hollow Heirloom restore
This is for our very own SRP member Seminole, this is what he sent me, his Grandfather's Wade & Butcher.. The scales were thrashed and the razor was in OK shape just needed some TLC...
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I did a full polish to mirror on the blade with greaseless compounds starting at 80 grit then up through 120-180-320-400-600 then I switched to polishing compounds in Emory -SS- Chrome - and finished with Turtle Wax Polishing Compound...
The pivot hole was oversize so it got a brass sleeve, sorry the pics didn't come out as well as I had hoped for, but you can still make it out...
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I made scales out of the Amethyst acrylic and used a white acrylic wedge to tie in the TCU colors for Seminole I know we didn't discuss the wedge so I used Google to find the schools colors... Hope you like that choice... The pins are bi-metal stacked bullseye's and I added the 3rd pin...
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