My second refurb

[mowfow71]

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.

[whavens]

Those look really nice. They polished up very nicely.

[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.

[mowfow71]

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

[pinklather]

Nicely done, mowfow

[diyguy]

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!