Thread: Frederick Reynolds 6/8 French point

This is a Frederick Reynolds 6/8 French point restore, the scales are Wenge wood finished with epoxy resin and brass pins and washers with a brass wedge. Im having alot of fun doing these razor restorations. Looking forward to tour comments
Sincerly, Tony B.

That's a beauty. I really like the shape and the wood.

Very well done.

Can you tell us a bit more about your blade restoration process?

One word of advise on the blade. It seems that with restoring the razor you have managed to put a slight wave in the edge towards the heel. You probably used a buffer and put to much pressure on that side. You are going to have and rectify this when honing and it's not as easy as it looks as it has become a weak spot so be prepared to spend some time doing so getting a nice even smiling edge back on that beautiful puppy.

Very nicely done!!

Looks great!! Nicely done!!

Great work.

Originally Posted by Maximilian

Very well done.

Can you tell us a bit more about your blade restoration process?

One word of advise on the blade. It seems that with restoring the razor you have managed to put a slight wave in the edge towards the heel. You probably used a buffer and put to much pressure on that side. You are going to have and rectify this when honing and it's not as easy as it looks as it has become a weak spot so be prepared to spend some time doing so getting a nice even smiling edge back on that beautiful puppy.

Thanks for the positive feed back, I really admire your work Maximilian. My restoration process as follows, I used series greaseless compounds 80,120,180,240,400,600 to remove rust and smooth out pits in the blade. Then I buffed the blade 1st using emery BC, 2cd stainless BC, and my final buff using the white rouge then cleaned it up using Mothers metal polish.
My scales I basicly traced and cut out using a saber saw, i shaped them with my dremel and a file and sand paper. I finished them with epoxy resin, following instructions I found here on the WIKI. I sanded the epoxy with 600 then 1000 gt sand paper to remove some lint specs that got in the finish. Then buffed them with Tripoli BC, then used a little finishing wax to bring the shine back up.
The wedge I made from 1/8in x 1in x 12in brass stock. I tappered the stock with my belt sander, (I mounted it in a vice) before I cut the wedge the wedge out of the brass stock. And I finished up the wedge with a file.
I pinned the razor using 1/16in brass rod and used 1-72 brass washes. The washers I domed using a nail set and a divit I drilled in my vice. After I peaned everything together I polished the peaned washers. Using a very thin piece of brass stock I drilled a hole in slighly larger than washer, I placed the washer in the hole I drilled and buffed washer with my dremel and the thin brass stock protected my scales.
Yes Maximilian, I did put a bit of a wave towards the the heal of the razor. It happened with the greaseless compound, my heart sank. Yes I am going to have to get that smile, smiling again. Its going to take a bit of time but Im certain I can get it right with my Norton 220 and some electrical tape.
Thank you again.
Sincerly, Tony B. aka Brando

WELL DONE !