Thread: 1st Attempt at a restore

Originally Posted by paco

Made some scales of ceder, but one side was a little warped, and when i put it under some tention, well oops too much, it snapped. So i used
the scales from the razor I posted about in the thread
" Got Burned " . The reverse cut is because I broke the scale at the pin while trying to remove.
As stated first try and learned how NOT to do many things.

Actually I am more impressed now, a restore where everything goes right, is an accomplishment, but to pull it out and make it look good when things start to go wrong, now that too me, has some bragging rights


^5 Brother

Looks great. Great job on your first resto. Let us know how well it shaves.

Shaved with it this afternoon. It was close however a little harsh. May have to step back to the .05 diamond or crox pasted strop.
Here are some pics of the honing process.

After coming off buffing wheels




off of 800 grit [ used for bevel ]



off of 8000 Norton [ did not take pic after 4000]



Pasted strops .5 Diamond, Red paste, leather strop both sides

Originally Posted by paco

Made some scales of ceder, but one side was a little warped, and when i put it under some tention, well oops too much, it snapped. So i used
the scales from the razor I posted about in the thread
" Got Burned " . The reverse cut is because I broke the scale at the pin while trying to remove.
As stated first try and learned how NOT to do many things.

gssixgun said it right:
+1 on the "some bragging rights"

Nice pics
Seems you're nearly there.

Finally got the chance to do a little more work on the sharpening. Went back ti green Crox 15 laps, red 15 laps, back of leather 30 laps front of Heirloom strop 50 laps and it shaved Smooooooth!