Genco - Family Heirloom Restore in Curly Nara

So this one is family in a round about way :)
A little after my Brother in Law got into shaving with a straight razor he was given this razor, a Genco 5/8 full hollow Round point, which belonged to his Great Grandfather... So guess where he sent it for restoration ??? :nj

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The scales as you can see above were shot, so I asked him what we were going to go with, bringing up a Red Lava acrylic option, met with a slightly less than enthusiastic Hmmmmm :roflmao:roflmao
So we decided on a reddish wood, and I picked the Curly Nara I had used in the past... With the grain and dark swirls in the figure it resembled the original celluloids... I pulled and reformed the old bolsters and fitted them on the new scales which are finished with 7 coats of Tru-Oil...The wedge is made from Ebony.
I had done a full polish on the blade, going from 80 grit Greaseless through Chrome polishing compound on the buffers, resulting in a near perfect mirror...
I am really thinking of shooting a honing video on this razor as Don/Colorado wants some pics of me fixing this one up, so I figured I could do a "How to Hone" vid and kill two birds with one stone so to speak...


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That nara turned out great Glen. Very fitting.

Great looking family Heirloom Glen. Those Genco razors are really take a great edge and are wonderful shavers. Congrats, should earn some serious points with the in-law's with that one.

Bootiful Glen ! Really kept the original feel with the red Nara.

Great work as always Glen! The wooden scales really suit that razor..!

I'd be very keen to see a honing video, I can always use the pointers from the pros! :D

Looks beautiful. Did justice to the original razor, looking forward to the honing vid too.

Wow!

I got home a little after 9 p.m. Colorado time last night and razor wasn't posted yet. So this morning after walking the dog and removing the snow I got on SRP hoping to see what Glen did to my Great Grandfathers razor.

It is everything I could imagine and then some. It is so special to have a razor past down from one generation to the next and then compound that with having it restored by your brother-in-law. Talk about keeping it in the family.

Glen, great job as always but this time it is extra special to me.:y

Thanks
Don

Ok, I have to add to this post.

I am sending a link of this thread to my father and my grandfather. I can't wait to here their reactions. I can only imagine where this might take my grandfather in his mind. And my father has been asking me what Glen has done to this razor every time I talk with him. Now he can see it for himself.

I think the video of honing this razor would be awesome. I'm still having Glen do my razors though. It would be another piece I can put with the razor when I pass it along. (If anyone in my family is reading this I want you to know that's not happening for a loooooooooooooong time)

Now that I have seen it I can't wait to shave with it. I feel like it's Christmas in February and Christmas day is soon to arrive.

I'm thinking some genco's are coming your way soon ;)