Thread: Sheffield micrtome restoration

Found a pair of made razors made in Sheffield, originally I thought they were wedges, judging from the pictures available, but when they arrived I got a bit of a surprise. They were in "normal?" rough condition with rust stains and I would have kept the scales, really liked them, but they fell apart at slightest touch. So it was time to try out some new g10 that had arrived, hunter orange. Hand sanding, dremling and making scales took about 3 full days but the results were satisfactory.

Some dark spots are still visible and the carbon blade REALLY doesnt like being exposed to water for long as it darkened previous spots significantly and had new ones appear, oh well.

One problem though, the blade wont align properly and I am currently using 3 washers on the ground side and 1 washer on the flat, and still the blade touches the scales. Anyone had similar problems? Been reading up on the forum and wiki, but I don't know if it applies to microtomes too.







The last picture shows how much I can close the razor before the edge hits the scales. Would removing some material near the wedge help, making a "pocket"?

Damn flaw ruining my nigh on perfection

/Manne