Invicta & Old Forge

**onimaru55** · 09-20-2010, 09:35 AM

Been a while since I posted any work.
I rarely take before shots & lately seem to be neglecting taking 'after' shots

Anywho here's a couple I did take pics of.

The Old Forge was only an edge restore & minor scale repair. Pretty well worn right down to the flange & had to regrind the heel to make it hone-able. One scale was broken at the tip so I shaped both sides down to a T.I. style taper

The Invicta was a full restore to original including scales & I refreshed the gold lettering as well.
Both turned out to be good shavers.

**BuddyRockefella** · 09-20-2010, 10:06 AM

nice work oz, i really like the invicta.

**Maxi** · 09-20-2010, 10:55 AM

+1 on that invicta. The blade looks amazing.

**Stubear** · 09-20-2010, 11:04 AM

Nice work mate!

I gots to agree with the others, that Invicta does look sweet!

**baldy** · 09-20-2010, 01:06 PM

Its about time you showed us some more of your work.
Both very nice too! Nice save on the Old Forge. I like the finish on the Invicta blade, well done, as you know I'm a big fan of the Invictas. Should be a sweet shave for its lucky owner.

**onimaru55** · 09-21-2010, 01:00 AM

Yup the Invicta's are a nice shave Baldy. Wonder how durable the edges are say compared to a Bengall. Maybe you can let us know how long between touchups on yours ?

**shutterbug** · 09-22-2010, 01:09 AM

Great work Oz. Thanks for the pics.

**baldy** · 09-22-2010, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Yup the Invicta's are a nice shave Baldy. Wonder how durable the edges are say compared to a Bengall. Maybe you can let us know how long between touchups on yours ?

Its hard to give you a definative answer, given that I've only been doing this about a year and a half now and that I now have around 13 or so razors in rotation, I haven't had to do too many touch ups. So I'll have to go with my gut and say that I think they are at least as good as a bengall when your talking about the edge lasting. The one in the link http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ic-scales.html was my first shave ready razor (you honed it for me if you remember) and its only been touched up once.
Grant

**onimaru55** · 09-22-2010, 05:05 AM

I do remember that one & I also remember thinking this guy works with acrylic must pick his brains

Jeez time flies

**heelerau** · 09-22-2010, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Been a while since I posted any work.
I rarely take before shots & lately seem to be neglecting taking 'after' shots

Anywho here's a couple I did take pics of.

The Old Forge was only an edge restore & minor scale repair. Pretty well worn right down to the flange & had to regrind the heel to make it hone-able. One scale was broken at the tip so I shaped both sides down to a T.I. style taper

The Invicta was a full restore to original including scales & I refreshed the gold lettering as well.
Both turned out to be good shavers.

You have done a ripper beaut job on both, I have a smiley old Ivicta myself and it does shave really well.

Cheers

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