Thread: First Restore!

Very nice! You got it done and looking good! I am happy that you stuck with the project! Warranted was a statement stamped onto tangs from the early 1800s to ~1840.
Respectfully
~Richard

I've done about 8 hand sanded now. My last one I did with sandpaper wrapped around a wine cork. Came out much better, more even. Check out my thread of a gold pearl duck.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...old-pearl.html

Definitely the way to go.
Again, very nice for a first restore.

Awesome first effort. Congrats. & Yes Rosewood smells great when cut but Cocobolo is very toxic. A dust mask is always a good idea.

Originally Posted by ghostrider

Hello all,

I would first like to thank everyone on this site for all the tutorials, advice, and how to videos. This project would have been much harder without them, so thank you.

This was my first restore. I’d been tinkering with some wood working over the last year, but hadn’t really done anything beyond sanding, and rough shaping. Other than that, this is the very first wood project I’ve finished since Junior High School.

Not really sure what this razor is, where it was made, or how old it is (I’ll probable have to query that in the Razors sub forum, but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know). The only markings are those on the tang, “Sterling Warranted”.

Anyway.

It wasn’t all that bad when I first got it. I spent days with an old tube of Flitz, and a paper towel polishing it because I didn’t feel the desire to use greaseless compounds.

The scales are formed from Santos Rosewood (that’s what it said on the label from Johnson’s Workbench, but I looked it up, and it goes by several other names including Bolivian Rosewood. Smells beautiful, and is very oily, but apparently not a true Rosewood like Cocobolo.) It has brass liners, spacer, and pins, and bearings. The washers are steel. I finished it with Birchwood Casey’s Tru-Oil (I still have to finish a few more coats on the back side, then I’ll buff with wax.)

I made a lot of mistakes with this one, but am still pleased with the outcome. I still have a few finishing touches left (like the final coats, wax, and honing), but I like the way it’s turning out.


Comments welcome.

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Still new here, but do I now post this in the Gallery?

holy cow ghost rider, it's your first restoration?! i hope mine turn out that well, great job! are the 3 pins intentional?

Originally Posted by rchljoey

holy cow ghost rider, it's your first restoration?! i hope mine turn out that well, great job! are the 3 pins intentional?

Yes. I wanted three pins.

More to come on this project later.

Nice work for your first. The 3 pins look kind of cool!