Thread: My turn

Hi everyone! so this is my first attempt of making an straight razor restoration. I got a blade off e-bay kinda cheap and thought i would make a try of making own scales and so. I cleaned the blade up and it was in realy good shape, just needed som cleaning and polishing, there is some dots here and there but i dident want to use any sandpaper to scratch the blade since there wasent any scratches from before. Then i began with the scales, shaping them and sanding everything. After that i drenched them in a epoxy resin and let them soak up and harden. I got hold of a brass rod that i made the pins out of and put everything together, took me two days to finish of everything. Im not going to link any pics ill just forawrd you to my album

Thanks for any comments!

Take care!

Congrats on the first job! The finish looks like it really shines.

I was a little slow witted regarding what you meant by your album, so I hope its ok by you, I'll put the link here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...lbums1053.html

Well thats great dude, i dident realy know how to link up photos and so on so thanks!. Yes since there wasent any real scrathes on the blade it was very easy to clean and buff up realy good and actualy the epoxy resin was realy smooth after some sandpapering too. So thumbs up for buffing!

Alright so im trying to upload some pictures, i know i said that i wouldent but that was just because i dident know how to do:P so im going to give a try here. Let me know if it works or not.

Nice job. I have liked the look of the wide scales but have wondered how they would feel in my hand while stropping. What has been your experience?

Tim

Originally Posted by 32t

Nice job. I have liked the look of the wide scales but have wondered how they would feel in my hand while stropping. What has been your experience?

Tim

Thanks Tim glad you liked it

Oh well the honing and stropping is belive it not realy pleasant, since its sluggish to open right now and the blade is almost locked in when its folded straight out. So the big scales almost gives an advantage when stropping and honing, you dont have to put much weight on the blade just hold it tight

Oh yeah by the way i would REALY appriciate it if anyone could give me some history of the blade It says "Colt made in Germany" on the tang. Any ideas?

Not too shabby at all for your first attempt. Nice work!

Originally Posted by Catrentshaving

Not too shabby at all for your first attempt.
Nice work!

Thanks hoping that ill find some more nice blades/razors cheap on e-bay to continue doing some restoration.