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01-04-2010, 07:23 AM #1
Restore: "Hortense Razor Co: Barber's Razor" in Bloodwood
This razor looked like a simple job, but the devil is in the details. A little sanding and tumbling and the blade looked ready to go, but as you can see in the wedge photo the blade is ground...uniquely. It isn't warped or uneven, but if we call the tang 'right', then although the blade is ground on the same rotational axis it is in fact rotated about 2 or 3 degrees... it took some extra work to put this one in her clothes!
But it was worth it. Extra thin bloodwood, in a squared patter with the ends filed down to a nice taper, hand rubbed to 2000 grit and then given 3 topcoats of a hardening oil and varnish blend. Stacked stainless and brass washers.
Hope you like it, Will!