Double Duck Pearlduck restore

My friend John found this at a antique store, covered in some weird chemical, sans scales, and basically black with a slight frown.

Asked me if I would barter with him for a restore job. He brought me a 1x30 belt sander in exchange for restoring this one and one other razor, to be shown later.

One of my best jobs ever. Hand sanded, buffed and shined. Put in a set of vintage bakelights I also restored and here are the results of many hours of labor.

Enjoy the rescue of another bottom of the drawer razor that will get another new lease on life.

HammeR

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Nicely done Mike! Perfect match with those scales, I'll bet she gives great shaves.

OOoooooo GoldEdge Saaaaweeeeett :tu

Always a pleasure to see fine work like this posted.

Bob

Mike, my heart's all a-twitter! GREAT JOB!!

Sweet job Mike, looking great :tu

What a great job!! If I did that all by hand - he wouldn't be getting it back : )!

Excellent job. That is one classy looking razor.

Ear Cutter, you just hush! I want my razor back! LOL.

Seriously folks, Mike has taken a really rough looking blade and made it beautiful. I can't thank him enough. What a guy! I can't wait to get it back. I wish he had waited on belts for his sander and not done it by hand though. Makes my hands throb just thinking of all that sanding! Wow!! What Mike didn't tell ya is that I bought it for $3. That's right, go ahead and hate me. I can take it. hehe.

John

Excellent restore very well done.

Jamie.

Check out my new avatar. Pretty sweet, huh? grin

John

Can't believe that was all done by hand - you must be a good friend to have.

Mike, great job on the restore mate. Looks really nice.

Stu

Beautiful job, Mike. Please post a before picture if you have one.

Hey Hammer!

Great Work! Beautiful! Like Glen said:
OOoooooo GoldEdge Saaaaweeeeett :tu

Nicely Done, Hammer. I'd be proud of it if I did it.

Another beautiful razor back on the line.

That is beautiful!

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Originally Posted by Noswad

Beautiful job, Mike. Please post a before picture if you have one.

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Sadly, I took none. I was totally focused on whatever crud it was that was coating the blade. Weirdest stuff I ever saw on a blade. What I think might have happened was the blade was coated with something trying to preserve it at some point way back in the past. And whatever that was (chemical, oil, etc.) had hardened and discolored so it made an imitation patina.

It had no scales, had some rust around the pivot and was black. The edge had a slight frown which I was able to fix without too much trouble, and had a fair amount of hone wear.

I also found that this particular razor had a specific way it wanted to be honed. My first try at honing it got it sharp and a decent bevel, but it just didn't 'satisfy' my senses like I thought it should. I honed it again, this time starting on the 800 instead of 1k and worked my way through my progression with the lightest pressure I could control.

That time it came out wonderfully, sends whiskers running and screaming. The test shave was pure bliss. :)

M