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07-17-2011, 04:39 AM #1Senior Member
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Restoration of a Bockla 26
Hi folks, here some before and after pics of my latest 'restore'. My restores really consist of doing the best job I can cleaning it up and putting them in some decent scales.
But, this is another razor that turned out to have some really good steel under it. I'm proud of her.
Before:
And here are a few of the 'after' pics. Just got her scaled this afternoon. NOS german scales from classic shaving, translucent acrylic I believe. I polished all the scratches out of them and used Plast-X and Turtle wax. I polished the blade through 4 stages of greasless on progressively softer wheels using a drill and a craftsman rotary tool. I haven't trimmed the pin yet, but she closes straight and snug and the feel is tight at the pivot. I'm pretty happy with it.
Enjoy!! as I do all the beautiful razors in this forum..
Best mates!
Mike
Last edited by mjhammer; 07-17-2011 at 04:48 AM.
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07-17-2011, 05:02 AM #2Lookin like a crim
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Your right to be proud of that one, looks great, well done
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Looks good, great job.
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07-17-2011, 07:39 AM #4Senior Member
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Lovely job, well done.
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Really tidy Mike. Looks great. What is the wedge made out of mate?
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07-17-2011, 10:01 AM #6OlllllllO
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Well done, thanks for sharing
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Well done job.
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07-18-2011, 02:34 AM #8The Great & Powerful Oz
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Nice job Mike & not to detract but geez I like the old scales . Were they broke?
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I got these scales as NOS german from another website. I really have no idea what it is. By texture, I would believe it is the same material as the scales.
Originally Posted by Str8Raz0r
I couldn't get the staining out of the inside. I practically sanded away the interior of the pivot area trying to get past the staining, but it just keeps going. I gave up on them as just not worth it. Originally Posted by onimaru55
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07-18-2011, 03:25 AM #10The Great & Powerful Oz
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Rescaling is never a bad thing. Ya did well Originally Posted by mjhammer
I couldn't get the staining out of the inside. I practically sanded away the interior of the pivot area trying to get past the staining, but it just keeps going. I gave up on them as just not worth it.
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