Thread: NY Thistle Cut co 6/8 Vinatge Restore

This one is all mine, I am a big fan of Thistle razors anyway, but when I saw a 6/8 with no visible hone wear I was all over it...

Those were the good points now let me tell ya the bad

I won the Razor for $12.50
The %^&%^$##*& E-bay seller charged 8.84 for shipping
and I even wrote her a note warning her about overcharging for shipping would not bode well for her feedback... Still debating on the feedback

The spine and tang were pretty bad with rust but the blade was near perfect...





I popped the single pin scales and started buffing, not to bad actually other then between the rust and the light tang stamp I barely kept the Markers Mark very faintly on there...

I polished up the scales again and took the finish to only a Satin glow that I like, instead of the mirror that it originally was.. Yes they do come mirror finished from the factory, even full hollows... I read that "No full hollows were originally mirrored" on another forum and laughed my butt off... Anyway, after all the polishing on the scales and the blade this is what she looks like now...









I set a bevel on a King 1k and ran the Shapton GS 1-2-4-6-8-16-30 using the light slurry technique all the way through until the 30k, then switched to the 3-2-1 finish on that stone I like so much...

I posted in the SOTD about the shave

That is one sweet restore and razor. I wouldn't expect less coming from my G Brother. Excellent work G and another one saved.

Excellent job Glen! I really like the satin finish on the blade

Glenn

I love it when you breathe new life into a razor Glen. Good to go for another
100 years or so. Nice.

Beautiful Job Glen!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I set a bevel on a King 1k and ran the Shapton GS 1-2-4-6-8-16-30 using the light slurry technique all the way through until the 30k, then switched to the 3-2-1 finish on that stone I like so much...

Very nice indeed. Can you explain the 3-2-1 method with the 30k please?

Claude

Originally Posted by Claude

Very nice indeed. Can you explain the 3-2-1 method with the 30k please?

Claude

I know it is on here someplace, but sure

The Shapton 30k often times can be to much of a good thing...
Back in 2009 at the NC meet we were all sitting around honing, and I was on the Shaptons... Don from SRD was there, and we were talking and he said he used some spine leading laps on the 30k and it seemed to work out for him...
For the next few months I played around with different finishing tehniques on the 30k what I finally came up with and what gets me the most consistent results off this stone is..
Clean water, 3 super light edge leading X strokes, then 2 super light spine leading X strokes, then 1 final edge leading X stroke as light as a feather...
Strop and shave

Beautiful job on this restore Glen . And for $12 and some change, you can't beat this value

I saw it when perusing ebay recently and wondered if you'll pick it up
I think you should leave correct feedback - certainly low score on the shipping charges, and I'd write it in the feedback itself too.
I've charged that much for shipping, but those were several hundred dollar razors, so the insurance makes it that expensive to ship.

I pickd up a Thistle cut yesterday from a local vendor in Toronto. It's fully restored (mirror finish) and honed shaved ready. Shaves well to it's like yours with a little notch at the end of the blade. Not knowing too much would you think $60 is a good buy?