Twisted Oak's Ongoing Restorations Thread

[TwistedOak]

Here is a reworked J.A. Henckels Twinworks 401. The first picture is the old set of scales I made for it. The new set are Wenge with brass pins/washers and purpleheart wedge.

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After

[TwistedOak]

Next is a C.F. Schwartz & Co "Sensation" 85. The blade was actually pretty clean before except for some pitting, the scales were crumbling away at the pivot and the wedge didn't come close to fitting. I think someone tried rescaling them and didn't do too well.

Scales are curly maple with brass pins/washer and purpleheart wedge.




Next time I will have The Diamond Razor Co.

[TwistedOak]

This is The Diamond Razor Co. from Boston Mass. Scales are curly maple with a curly maple wedge. Brass pins and washers. I either made the wedge too angled or used less glue than usual, but as I started pinning the pivot the toe side separated as you can see in the picture. Then as I tried tightening the pivot to an acceptable level the show side pin head split somewhat from too much material being left for pinning. So the scales started out looking very nice but then everything fell apart as I assembled it...
Pics:
Before

After





and my favorite part, the little tear drop that stayed throughout the sanding/shaping process:

[TwistedOak]

I hadn't realized it had been so long since I added to this thread. I've been accumulating a cigar box full of razors in need of restoration. I finally managed to clean up a couple...
The first is a Wade & Butcher Special 6/8, kept the original scales repinned the pivot with brass.
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This Gold King, Made Exclusively for Gustav Kaiser, was a quick clean up. I polished up the blade (losing what was left of the gold wash) and the scales, then repinned both ends in brass. Unfortunately, the previous owner was a bit sloppy trimming the wedge and filed deep scratches to the inside of the scales.
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After

[Hirlau]

Great job,,, I don't know how I missed the one you posted last year,,so I put a like for that one too.

[TwistedOak]

haha thanks! better late than never I always say

[TwistedOak]

Okay here's a nice John C. Cockhill wedge. Sanded only the spine, shank, and tail because I wanted to leave the original grind marks present on the face even though there were some stray scratches. I traded out the "original" black/yellow horn with a darker mottled horn I had hanging around. I did this because the yellow scales actually have a very faint "Wade" still visibly stamped into them, so I will reuse them on an actually W&B restore. Brass pins and washers, original plastic wedge. Enjoy!

As purchased:


New scales and cleanup:



luckily they centered well without much adjustment


The pivot ends were really thrashed up (not by me), but I didn't mind



This blade is posing a slight problem honing... it is warped in the center so I am having trouble hitting the backside middle 1/3 of the blade. I will try a few techniques I researched tonight and hopefully I'll get it right.

I think I'll do a pair (or triplets) of heavy grind bone razors next...

[TurbineBlade]

Great work and fantastic job on the restorations, looks excellent.