W&B "for barber use" Work in progress

I love these razor, you have some great shaves coming your way.

Scales are polished..

-Outside :

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5630/dscn4365.jpg

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2497/dscn4368o.jpg

-Inside :

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9561/dscn4366x.jpg

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6043/dscn4369h.jpg


And the "wedge" :

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/337/dscn4370.jpg

wow! those scales turned out really great! do you have any "before" pictures of the scales?

Very nice work, I really like your keeping it the original vintage look. Will you be using the original vintage brass bullseye washers? Looking forward to seeing it completed.

Ho sorry i don't have "before" picture..

i have this one, but it was already cleaned at this time...

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6588/dscn4342y.jpg


Now, the washers are polished

Inside :

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2053/dscn4376.jpg

(We can see te little "inside" washers too)

Outside :

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2866/dscn43780.jpg

Looks real nice.

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Originally Posted by imperator

Sometimes the old horn is like that. I had some others W&B, around 1830/40, with this same effect..

But i don't know why, maybe a kind of patina..

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I don't know if it is the case with yours but sometimes the "grain in horn often shows up as a silver colour. The younger layers of horn are always a lighter colour than the older outside layers & an overlap of colour can show thru.

Nice restoration btw. As much as I like colourful acrylics its great to see them kept authentic.

Very nice work.. I also really like that you are using all the original parts. Beautiful. Looking forward to seeing the result when it's done!

Nice save! Lookin' good!
Respectfully
~Richard

Beautiful!!! I can't wait to see it together. I have wanted one of these for a long time.