Gilbert brothers in Black Horn

[UKRob]

Finished this one last night and like the way the scales turned out - they are black horn and have polished up relly nicely although you can't see it. I used a new rotary sander for the first time which enables me to get a uniform thickness prior to hand sanding. Also I modified a door wedge so that I could get a true wedge shape instead of relying on hand/eye - this again seems to have worked well. I'm struggling to upload pictures at the moment so will add more late.

[Hirlau]

Beautiful razor, it's a great thing to see it go back on the line. Great job.

[BobH]

Another classic looking redo with just enough different touches on the scales to make it interesting and still pleasing. I will have to remember the door wedge idea for future use. That blade design and features a lovely too. Nicely conceived and put together. Just one question though, did you make or buy that stacked washer setup? Been looking to find some.

Bob

[sharptonn]

Great Job! I saw 2 of these blades a while back from a UK vendor. Is this one of those? Hard to miss that spine! Rare blade, for certain!
Nice work!

[UKRob]

Great Job! I saw 2 of these blades a while back from a UK vendor. Is this one of those? Hard to miss that spine! Rare blade, for certain!
Nice work!

Yes you're right this is one of them. They were set at 5 minute intervals so I bid on the first one with broken scales and won it. I then assumed that the second one would go for a lot more as the scales were in good condition and looked to be ivory. It went fot £3 more than I paid - I could have kicked myself

[Cangooner]

Beautifully done!!

[Martin103]

Beautiful blade ! excellent scales ! great work!

[UKRob]

Another classic looking redo with just enough different touches on the scales to make it interesting and still pleasing. I will have to remember the door wedge idea for future use. That blade design and features a lovely too. Nicely conceived and put together. Just one question though, did you make or buy that stacked washer setup? Been looking to find some.Bob

I hope I understand your question propertly - I used small and then larger(#00 I think) washers one on top of each other. They were bought in 100 quantities from Microfasteners and, even though it took a couple of weeks to ship to the UK it's well worth the wait as the quality is consistent. The problem in the UK is getting decent quality 3/16 nickel rod - some is very soft and bends too easily and some (like on this) is quite hard and does not polish up very well.

Thanks for the comments.