First attempt with horn - Wade & Butcher

This is my first "real" attempt at horn scales.

I did try to make some a while ago, but with the equipment and knowledge I had at the time I screwed up when trying to thin the blanks to the right thickness.
Thanks to Grant (Baldy) who gave me some tips and links that was very helpful, this time it went much better, I'm very satisfied with the outcome, the best so far me think :)

I got this Wade & Butcher last week, it was in very good shape and the original plan was to keep the original scales, but they were extremely dry and had a small crack by the pivot pin and broke when unpinning.

Razor is a 7/8 Wade & Butcher w/sway back and barbers notch, still haven't gotten a buffer set up, so it's hand sanded with 800-1200-2000 wet/dry sandpaper, #0000 steelwool and polished with Autosol.

Scales are made of dark horn with bone wedge, brass pins and washers.

Only problem is that the tang is a little twisted, so the blade needs to be guided to prevent it from hitting the scales, I did manage to straighten it a bit by placing it in a vice and use a socket wrench, but not nearly enough.

Before:

http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/...s/P1020712.jpg

After:

http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF0102.jpg

http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF0104.jpg

http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF0105.jpg

http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF0106.jpg


Thanks for looking :)

Well done, Zephyr.
really mirror-finish.

Love it!!!!

Great job, both on the scales and the blade. Can't wait to see the next project. Keep it up.

Wow Zephyr!
I hope my first attempt with horn goes that well!

Regards,
Mike
:)

That is very very nice! Very well done!!

Fantastic,gotta love that smell when working horn:)

Really well executed, :tu

Here is a way to tweak the scales.. If you get in the habit of always checking the tangs before putting it together you will always know if the Tangs are bent or if it is the scales so you have an idea of what you will need to do...

look here

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...tml#post905657

That thread is in the Workshop sticky now too...

Those turned out realy nice. The scale design suits that blade perfectly. Well done!

Very nice work mate on the blade and scales.
The pinning, the wedge and the finish on the horn all look fantastic. Well done.
Grant

Wow. Awesome. You have done an excellent job.
I like the scale shape and the pinning is very tidy.

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Fantastic,gotta love that smell when working horn:)

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Thanks, Nothing beats the smell of freshly sanded horn in the morning :p

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

Really well executed, :tu

Here is a way to tweak the scales.. If you get in the habit of always checking the tangs before putting it together you will always know if the Tangs are bent or if it is the scales so you have an idea of what you will need to do...

look here

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...tml#post905657

That thread is in the Workshop sticky now too...

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Thanks Glen,

I was thinking of adjusting the scales, but I'm not sure it will solve the problem.

In the pic below I put in a green line to better show how the blade should be and a red to show where it is, as you can see the problem is that the spine is twisted.
I managed to make it little better, but I didn't want to push my luck in fear of the tang breaking if I used too much power.

http://i1212.photobucket.com/albums/...s/DSCF0093.jpg

Love the look of the bottom of the scalea and the double pin

Great work Rune.

Sweet work especially the scales. They look so modern / sleek to be holding a Sheffield style blade. Nice going, sir. Very well executed and nice staging for the photos.

Great work! It's really like giving second life to the razor.