Thread: W.R. Case & Sons restore

I dug this worn,broken, ugly Case razor out of the drawer and after a little contemplation and a quick sanity check I started in on it.

Reprofiled the nose into a full round, ground the edge back by hand on a selection of stones. Polished and cleaned up the surfaces but did not want to remove the minor pitting and patina marks. I stropped the edge and it is darn sharp, but not shave ready.

Next came the scales, I got a block of amboyna burl from my buddy a while back and it was just what it needed. I cut a couple of small scale blanks and drew my pattern design on. I tacked them together with a couple drops of CA and profiled then drilled. I made the wedge from walrus ivory and the pins are hand hammered and domed 1/16" brass. Finish is CA and hand rubbed.

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Let me know what you think, good or not so good.

-Xander