Thread: Torrey in blond horn

Introduced here in these poor pictures is my rescaled Torrey.
I would have liked to keep it original but the plastic scales were badly warped so i decided to make new scales of blond horn.
There was some blackening and light pitting on the blade, but i didn't want to make it too polished so i just gave a quick wipe with a mixture of oxalic acid/water to remove the blackening and finished it with Autosol metal polish.
Wedge, washers and pins are made of brass. Washers are only temporary and i will replace them with smaller washers as soon as i find these somewhere. Strangely i haven't been able to find small enough washers here, and ordering such simple everyday things as small washers from another side of the globe feels like a crime against my brains The washers i use now are removed from vintage small broken electronic motors and devices that almost always use brass washers.
This was also the first ever razor i honed from start to finish with a single stone, coticule, only. The idea of using single stone only was worth testing.
With coti it was slower than with synthetics, but once i had the bevel set rest went somewhat easy. When i got it done the edge felt like coming of synthetic 6K or 8K. Lastly stropped it with linen/leather and shaved. Shave was ok, but i still think if i should give it a little Chinese 12K (and breaking the idea of using single stone only).
Maybe not the beauty queen of razors, but this will be one of my everyday shavers.

A fine job. She looks very pretty, much better than what I think of when someone says she's a solid everyday shaver... Congratulations on your first restore, and on achieving your single stone goal!

Nice work! You may be able to find smaller washers in hobby shops. If they don't have what you are looking for they may be able to suggest places to look.

Originally Posted by Joed

Nice work! You may be able to find smaller washers in hobby shops. If they don't have what you are looking for they may be able to suggest places to look.

Asked already from the hobby shops (all 2) in my town with no luck. Same with RC- and knife making workshops. Called the shops in our capital with same results. Same with electronic supply stores.

This is somewhat a backwood country what it comes to hobbies. The number of any hobbyist is very small, so shops do not keep low selling things in their stock.

However i haven't given up hope. We all know that the world doesn't turn without small washers, so someone has to make them. I just have to find where.
I could make washers of my own, just have to make a tool for it. This far i've been lazy to start making such things that even i do not need that much.

Nice job and a bold move to use horn on your first restore. Excelent! You can order smaller washers from Microfasteners.com