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    Thanks for your earlier response Glen on the “rules” of this sub-forum. Well, in “the more pics the better” spirit, here are photos of my latest rescale project.

    I cannot explain why exactly (inexperience??, fatigue??, lack of concentration?? daydreaming about another razor on its way back from Glen??) but this project turned into a calamity of errors.

    What should have been a relatively straightforward scale build turned out to be a frustrating project. To start with, I had a bear of a time getting the contour lines just right. Consequently, I spent eons sanding, and re-sanding, and re-sanding again, ad infinitum. I seemed to have the same luck establishing the right angle on the buffalo horn wedge. When I finally got around to repining the razor I installed the wedge backwards. My error wasn’t readily obvious until I attempted to pin the pivot end --- the razor simply would not fit! I deserve some sort of prize for that blunder alone. What a dumbass! What’s worse, in the process of unpinning the razor to flip the wedge, I badly scratched the wood, forcing me to re-sand and re-oil the scales yet again. Let’s just say multiple gallons of elbow grease went into making this set of scales. I thought I was finally home free, but when I got the razor assembled again the blade did not center properly. In the process of trying to straighten the razor, I accidently popped off one of the washers forcing yet another disassembly and repining of the pivot end. Whew!

    If a time lapsed video of the project existed from start to finish, the veterans would surely get a chuckle watching it. Oh well, that’s how we learn, right? In the end the razor turned out OK, I guess. Any remaining imperfections will simply have to stay I’m afraid – I’m scared to touch this one anymore for fear of something else disastrous happening. I think it is cursed.

    Hats off to you guys who successfully do this on a regular basis. Let me be the first to say that it ain’t easy my friends.

    Thanks for reading. [Try to] Enjoy.

    Brian
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    LOL all that pinning "Practice" paid off Brian, because those look fantastic, as well as the rest of the restore... Sometimes we are our own worst critics... Good Job

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    I'm sure we've all had those razors that end up taking 10 times longer than ever anticipated.
    It was worth it though, the Torrey looks fantastic. Well done
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    I think you did a fine job! The bloodwood looks really nice, and the contour lines are smooth. The curves on the toe and heel are perfect.

    Sit back and enjoy, you deserve it.

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    Great job! Classic and tight! I would bet it shaves awesomely as well!
    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out".
    I rest my case.

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    Great job, your hard work paid off.

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    Great job. Something to be proud of.

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    An excellent first restore! I spent several days working on my first razor restorations... Now I can do it all start to finish in a couple of hours (minus drying times for wood). Each razor you work on teaches you something new and helps streamline your processes. After you finish about 10 complete restore's you'll be chugging right along like clockwork.

    I'll bet if someone wanted to buy that razor from you, you'd probably want to charge a few hundred for it! : D

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    Looks great. If you hadn't said, I would never have guessed you made any blunders. You have done a really good job. Well done.

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    Very nice. I really like bloodwood, and would love a razor with those scales.

    As str8raz0r mentioned, I also would not have guessed you had such trouble, given the finished product!

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