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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:
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I cut a piece of horn from an old set of scales I had and marked it off:
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Here it is compared to the scale:
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I filed down the scale and filed the piece to match:
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Here is a test fit:
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And the backside of the scale
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Superglued in place (I superglued over my sharpie line though :gaah:) It's not pretty, but it'll be functional:
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Comparison of old to restored:
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All the parts ready to go together:
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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.
