This was once a W&B "The Celebrated"

This one came to me with some homemade scales, and a broken of point,

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I had some fun with it :angel:
Modded the blade and Blued the tang and spine

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The Final Results:

Razor: Fully Customized W&B "The Celebrated"
Origin: Sheffield England
Steel: Carbon w/ Blued Spine & Tang
Size: 6/8+
Point: Modified Spanish
Scales: Red & Black G-10 w/Red Acrylic Inlays and Wedge
Pins: Nickel Silver
Washers: SS Double Stacks
Bearing Washers: Brass
Honing: Chosera 1k -BBW - Select Grade Coticule

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Just having some fun thanks for looking

WOW COOL!
Great save & Custom :tu

Mike

Outstanding Glen! Wow!!

It came out great. It must have taken a while to get the lettering off of the blade.

The bluing is a nice touch. Do you use hot salts and mask the blade?

I've never been very happy touching up a gun with the stuff that comes in a bottle.

Wow. Glen, you have done an excellent job restoring this one. I like how it turned out. Very clean work on the regrind.

Stu

G man,

That's just sick! Nice job! :)

You're turning out some great stuff here!
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Seeing an old Wade & Butcher go back on the line, is a beautiful thing.
Thank you for sharing your work.

That's a sexy one G. You can really save them, that's for sure.

Dude your a beast and you know it....great save

Great save Glen!

I'm gonna have to look though my chipped blades now.

Thanks for giving me a new project.

I like it! That is a good looking combination of shapes and colors.

Charlie

Real nice job. Work of art!

Mate, thats awesome.
Dig the blade mods, love the bluing, and the scales rock
Grant

Now thats just plain cool! Nice work Glen!

That was a nice salvage job, Glen, and I especially love the red acrylic inlays against that black. Great job, sir! :D

Absolutely 1st Class! Really beautiful...

That is truly amazing. The scales are amazing, but by all things holy, the blade is a masterpiece.

It's a beauty

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

This one came to me with some homemade scales, and a broken of point,

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I had some fun with it :angel:
Modded the blade and Blued the tang and spine

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The Final Results:

Razor: Fully Customized W&B "The Celebrated"
Origin: Sheffield England
Steel: Carbon w/ Blued Spine & Tang
Size: 6/8+
Point: Modified Spanish
Scales: Red & Black G-10 w/Red Acrylic Inlays and Wedge
Pins: Nickel Silver
Washers: SS Double Stacks
Bearing Washers: Brass
Honing: Chosera 1k -BBW - Select Grade Coticule

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Just having some fun thanks for looking

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Love the inlays and your pinning is very good! Plus the W&B is my favorites. What is your method for getting nice rounded pinning? i get 4 out of 6 pins nice and rounded....or 1 out of 8 times i'll split the scale... Thanks

Lawrence Wulfgar (Halo) Phearson

Are you using cold blue? I really want to do this on my Case red imp, because I think it was originally blued on the tang and maybe the spine, but I'm not sure the procedure to do it properly.

Yes you are the man,what a great result!! Love it. I wish i was half so handy.

I'm seriously impressed. That went from pretty nice to svelte. What a nice customization.

Really great looking blade, something quite eastern looking about that razor, excellent work.

Jamie.

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Originally Posted by Halo

Love the inlays and your pinning is very good! Plus the W&B is my favorites. What is your method for getting nice rounded pinning? i get 4 out of 6 pins nice and rounded....or 1 out of 8 times i'll split the scale... Thanks

Lawrence Wulfgar (Halo) Phearson

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Originally Posted by geauxtig3rs

Are you using cold blue? I really want to do this on my Case red imp, because I think it was originally blued on the tang and maybe the spine, but I'm not sure the procedure to do it properly.

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Pins:
I use a 5/64 bit it allows for "Percussion Bulge" that is what is splitting your scales, the rod we use is a 1/16+ size so it is tight going into a 1/16 hole you need a little slop...
I do NOT polish pins, I use a highly polished Hammer and a polished Jeweler's block for the final tapping and they come out pretty darn good. Tap around the edge on the pin to mushroom do not tap straight down and do not hold the razor straight, you need to keep everything moving in a circular pattern... If you want them perfect you simply cover the razor with a thin sheet of near anything, or tape, and cut a hole the size of the pin and polish on the buffer.. Myself I find that as a waste of time, because sonner or later every pin needs tightening :(

Blue:
I use Birchwood Casey "Super Blue" it gets me close to the old Vintage look which is far from a perfect bluing, in fact I stop the reaction pretty fast with WD-40 and wipe them down with a paper towel to keep them from looking perfect...
You can get a rather deep dark bluing if you warm the metal first, and dip the razor, rather than using a Q-tip, it depends of the outcome you are after, myself I am chasing the Vintage look...

That is wild. Very cool stuff.

Great job, Glenn. That is a great example of turning a sow's ear into a purse.

GLENN!!! Awesome, I'm liking the circles, course you did my Real Red point that way. Hmm I got a 'broken point' Reynolds that would look good like that....

Hey Glen !

Wow! Now that's a COOOOOOOL one ! Hats off !

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