Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 21
Like Tree30Likes

Thread: Old Sheffield brought back to life

  1. #1
    Eagle-eyed Zephyr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Slemmestad, Norway
    Posts
    1,535
    Thanked: 418

    Default Old Sheffield brought back to life

    First, sorry for not being that much around as I use to lately, I've been spending a lot of time in the shop the last few weeks.

    Lately I've put the custom restoration a side and have been working mostly on original resores, not much to show off really, but this one I wanted to share.

    Picked this up for $17 at a huge thrift market last weekend, it's a unbranded 7/8 Sheffield, almost full wedge. The blade was in desent shape and the scales looked quite nice except for a small crack on the reverse scale, that was untill I unpinned it....

    The reverse scale I didn't even try to rescue so I made a new one, but the front I was determined to save.

    It had several cracks, a huge pice of the inside had fell off and by the wedge pin the bone had splitted.

    I left it soaking in almond oil for 48 hrs before I cleaned it and sanded it down, carefully cut off the loose pieces, and sanded some more.

    Then I rebuilt the missing parts using epoxy, came out surprisingly well actually

    The text on the scales was pressed into the horn, but 150-160 years of wear have made it kinda shallow, so to get the gold back in the lettering I couldn't just fill it with paint and wipe off the excessive, I had to repaint every single letter using a 0,2mm brush, I think this process alone took me about 1,5 hrs, it's not perfect, but I'm happy with it.

    The blade was buffed to 320 grit and left at a satin finish.

    Before:





    After:





    Thanks for looking

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to Zephyr For This Useful Post:

    cheetahmeatpheonix (05-26-2012)

  3. #2
    At this point in time... gssixgun's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    North Idaho Redoubt
    Posts
    26,948
    Thanked: 13221
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    I tell ya Rune sometimes the Vintage Restores have more time in them then a Custom

    I can see a ton of passion poured in to that one, great job brother
    alb1981 and proximus26 like this.

  4. The Following User Says Thank You to gssixgun For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-16-2012)

  5. #3
    Senior Member Cove5440's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Brampton, Ontario
    Posts
    635
    Thanked: 121

    Default

    Very nice restore!

  6. The Following User Says Thank You to Cove5440 For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-16-2012)

  7. #4
    Senior Member JSmith1983's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Menominee,MI
    Posts
    1,624
    Thanked: 325

    Default

    Excellent. Glad you salvaged that scale. The lettering was a nice touch.

  8. The Following User Says Thank You to JSmith1983 For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-16-2012)

  9. #5
    Eagle-eyed Zephyr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Slemmestad, Norway
    Posts
    1,535
    Thanked: 418

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    I tell ya Rune sometimes the Vintage Restores have more time in them then a Custom

    I can see a ton of passion poured in to that one, great job brother
    It sure do, I think I have 8-10 hrs of work on this one, but it was great fun

  10. #6
    Rock collector robellison01's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    525
    Thanked: 88

    Default

    Amazing. Good call on the original scale, well worth the effort to save it.

  11. The Following User Says Thank You to robellison01 For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-17-2012)

  12. #7
    Senior Member blabbermouth Hirlau's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    South Florida
    Posts
    13,530
    Thanked: 3530

    Default

    You made the Razor Gods smile with that one.
    Thank you for sharing it .

  13. The Following User Says Thank You to Hirlau For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-17-2012)

  14. #8
    epd
    epd is offline
    Senior Member epd's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Orillia, Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    741
    Thanked: 164

    Default

    Very impressive!

  15. The Following User Says Thank You to epd For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-17-2012)

  16. #9
    ..mama I know we broke the rules... Maxi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    2,895
    Thanked: 993
    Blog Entries
    8

    Default

    Love the gold in the tang stamp. Really nice - smooth and classy.

  17. The Following User Says Thank You to Maxi For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-17-2012)

  18. #10
    The Great & Powerful Oz onimaru55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Bodalla, NSW
    Posts
    15,595
    Thanked: 3747

    Default

    That might be your Sunday razor
    Stellar effort restoring the scales & adding the gold highlights.

  19. The Following User Says Thank You to onimaru55 For This Useful Post:

    Zephyr (05-17-2012)

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •