Thread: 1700s stubtail restoration (pic heavy)

Hi all, I posted about a stubtail with a strange mark a little while ago (http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...wn-stubby.html). I took it apart to clean it and fix up a pivot scale and actually took some pictures this time.

Here's the pile side scale, with a big chip out of the pivot and a crack right through the hole (the end piece was basically hanging off), so it needed to be stabilized. Normally I would call this scale trashed, but these were so old and so straight that I had to try to fix it:

I cut a piece of horn from an old set of scales I had and marked it off:

Here it is compared to the scale:

I filed down the scale and filed the piece to match:

Here is a test fit:

And the backside of the scale

Superglued in place (I superglued over my sharpie line though ) It's not pretty, but it'll be functional:

Comparison of old to restored:

All the parts ready to go together:


It still looks a little off, so I might try filling in the replacement part with a little horn dust + superglue.

I'm always a little iffy about the extent of restoration on razors this old. I think this one came out tastefully though. Now I just have to drill the pivot, put it back together and hone it. More to come later.