Tale of two (well, three) Butchers

**sharptonn** · 06-03-2012, 12:34 AM

Great work by all here!

This has been an ongoing project for a friend. The idea was to restore/yet conserve 2 of them. I started with 3 big Butchers. The wedge had a broken-in-half scale which had been fixed eons ago with an iron nail. The other 2 had pieces broken off at the top. Donor bits were found and bevels made doing all epoxy/bakelite dust repairs and bug bite fixes with India ink dye job and a soak in Neetsfoot oil. Just enough original collars were good enough for the 2 candidates and the 2 best scale sets were retained. Light sanding and buffing were done. I really liked the patina separating the bevel from the hone wear on the old wedge, so I cold blued the middle of the blade and polished the rest. Since these will be users, I installed aluminum bushings in the pin holes and added brass spacers between the blades and scales. I made and annealed some brass pins and peened until those big collar holes were filled and they turned out quite tight! 2 layers of tape (make that 3!) got me a nice managable bevel on the wedge and the reground one was truly double ground by a master back in the day! Honed up nicely! The scales which were broken in half and the round pointed blade are "spoils". A future project for My rotation.

Kindof a fun project! Thanks for looking

**animalwithin** · 06-03-2012, 12:38 AM

Those look beastly and beautiful! Great work!!!

**Hirlau** · 06-03-2012, 02:13 AM

Patience & Skill, produces great work.
Thanks for sharing.

**Str8Shooter** · 06-03-2012, 03:00 AM

Awesome work Tom!! Love the Sheffield steel!

**Zelenbakh** · 06-03-2012, 05:51 AM

Great work! Amazing result!

**cheetahmeatpheonix** · 06-03-2012, 06:02 AM

I didn't know you were about your business like this. I thought that you knew something about old carburators and rusty manifolds but this is amazing. Keep up the good work man. I am impressed with the time that you put in. I Have the same 3 razors in my collection. I might have to put you to work.

**EisenFaust** · 06-03-2012, 06:07 AM

Well done! I've never attempted to re-attach a section of horn that has broken clean off at a pin - I always assumed that any repair would fail as soon as it was subject to pressure from a new pin. Glad to see its possible!

**RJD** · 06-03-2012, 05:16 PM

Wow, amazing work!

**Catrentshaving** · 06-03-2012, 06:23 PM

You really brought those back to life. Nice save and great work

**Zephyr** · 06-03-2012, 07:37 PM

Nice and very well executed rescues

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