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.

Glad to see that your saving the original scales on this razor, Well done!

good job , im looking forward to the rest ..

Nice. I can't tell from the photos whether or not your scales are long enough for this, but what I've done on a razor or two (not necessarily this old or cool though) is file down the wedge making room to slide the entire razor down 1/4th inch 1/2th inch and drilling a brand new pivot hole. Your method, though, is far less destructive and I like how it turned out. +1 on attempting to save the original scales.

Just got it pinned. Here's some pics. Sorry about the lighting.

very nice !!! came out awesome !!!

Great job saving those scales!

Thank you for all of the pictures of the process, the razor looks awesome.

Charlie

Really nice restore!! It's always great to save scales like that.

That turned out well, looks great.

Jamie