Thread: 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.

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Thanks for looking

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

Very nice restore!

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

Originally Posted by gssixgun

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

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

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

Very impressive!

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

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