Thread: My second refurb

Ok Gents (and Ladies) Im going to attempt to post some images with a little info. sorry if:

• the images are crap
• Some text end up in the wrong place

The razor
It is a Abraham Brooksbank defiant, It had heavy pitting (some of which i couldnt get out)
the edge was clean but misshapen through bad honing, im new to honing so I did sruggle.
The scales were chipped and cracked only fit for the bin.

Materials used
Red tint Acrylic sheet 3mm
Nickel/copper 1.5 mm brazing rod for pins
M1.6 flat stainless steel washers ( domed them with a rounded off punch and a shallow drill hole in a steel block.

This is how I did it ( not perfect but I think I did ok)
I cut 2 pieces glued them together using super glue and drew the shape using one of the scale.



Side view I glued on the proctective film it was easy to pull apart but ensured both scales were identical.




Shaped them using a bandsaw for basic shape, sanded with 240, 600,1200, 4000 grit to finish



Drilled holes and secured the old scale to make sure the shape was mantained. you can see the result of the 4000 grit wet and dry finish




Here is the Final result.




What have I learned?

• Acrylic is easier to work with than wood.
• 1.6mm washers are usable, but peening takes longer (good practice though)
• Getting good Photographs your work is almost as hard as as doing the work.

Thats it for now hope you like it . I cant wait to shave with it (I hope I have sharpened it ok ,If Not It will be on its way to StuBear).

I've done my best on this feel free to leave comments I only have my hands and sandpaper and the band saw in work.

Those look really nice. They polished up very nicely.

Looks really good. I have not worked with acrylic yet but I think I'll give it a try now seeing how well yours turned out.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Looks really good. I have not worked with acrylic yet but I think I'll give it a try now seeing how well yours turned out.

Its cheap on e-bay too. high grit wet and dry is a must for final polish.

good luck

Nicely done, mowfow

Very nice. Inspiring. I will have to try working with accrylic now --- thanks a whole lot for fueling another AD. :-) :-)

As for taking pictures -- yes, it is a royal pain taking pictures. I didn't start getting semi decent photos until I bought a cheapie lightbox on ebay and changed my camera settings to no flush, macro, and timed shot (with a tripod). But you are right -- sometimes taking a picture of your work is harder than that work itself!

She looks good; another one saved to shave again.

Lovely work mowfow71.
I find acrylic the easiest medium to work with that I have tried.
Although, I must admit it is the only medium that I have tried so far.
I finished off the scales on this one
http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ore-after.html
with plastic polish after 2000 wet and dry (the finest that I can get).
I don't have access to a bandsaw so I used a coping saw for the rough shape and then my belt sander upside down in the vice for the final shaping prior to sanding.
I like the domed washers idea. It looks great.
I used 2mm washers with stainless steel pins and nylon thrust washers.
Boy did that take some peining.
I recently picked up scrap acrylic strips (30mm x 1200mm) at a flea market for $2.00 a bundle.
Thanks for sharing.
Love your work.

I also tried some brasso on a cut off piece, that shines acrylic up a treat too,its cheap, and its available in most supermakets here in the UK (not sure about your part of the world). I like what you did, I was toying with rounding/beveling the edge of the scales on mine, I might still do that it finishes it off.

Originally Posted by mowfow71

I also tried some brasso on a cut off piece, that shines acrylic up a treat too,its cheap, and its available in most supermakets here in the UK (not sure about your part of the world). I like what you did, I was toying with rounding/beveling the edge of the scales on mine, I might still do that it finishes it off.

After 17 years in the Army I sure know Brasso....hehehe - I hadn't thought of using it on acrylic though.
Thanks for the heads up.
I find sanding things very theraputic, almost like meditation - that's one of the reasons I hand sand blades - that and that I don't have greaseless compound and lots of buffing wheels.
I'm going to try micro-mesh when I can afford it - it may last longer than my sandpaper does ATM.