An Electric Repair

I recently picked up this Electric which has interesting scales as well as a neat leather pouch for storage.
The one scale was missing a small loop which I was aware of but figured I could repair it.
I took another old Bakelite scale and ground it to the shape of the missing part. Once I had the 1/16th loop made I addressed how to fasten it to the scale. I didn't want butt joints so instead I opted for half lap joints knowing they would be a bit stronger as this piece is vulnerable.
I made a pocket on the left hand side of the loop ( hinge side) and flattened a landing area for the right side of the loop.

As luck would have it when I was breaking down the blade to remove the scales the bit slipped while drilling the pins and I created another hole right next to the pivot hole in the scale. Great! Another repair. So I made up a small 1/16th inch 'rod' out of my old junk scale and flattened one side of it. I epoxied this into the new hole I created with the flat facing the original hole. I did this to lessen the chance of the bit drifting when redrilling the hole for the pin.
I cut off my plug, sanded it flush then polished it. Since this set of scales is rather delicate I couldn' t use the buffer on them so all the nooks and crannies were polished by hand. I also did a clean up of the blade but didn't take it to full polish.
Now it's complete and solid.

Here you can see the sequence of the repair up to the point of the loop being epoxied in place but not sanded or polished.

Here is the repair I had to make because of my mistake. Plugging the hole.
I also came across the pat. date. On the opposite side someone thoughtfully scratched in their initials which I was able to sand out and polish.
I wasn't able to use the standard #0 stainless washers because they were just not right for this scale so I made my own which more closely matched the originals.
And a couple overall shots of the leather pouch and the finished blade.

Impressive. Great save on those scales.

Thank you. It seemed worth it to try.

Nice fix! I have never seen those scales before.

Excellent job on the fix, and very interesting scales! Well worth saving, IMO.

Way cool save and way cool razor… somehow that sounds wrong.

Anyway great save I would not have known it if you had not put up the before, during and after pictures.

Your skills with this stuff never fail to drop my jaw. Thanks for showing us again, how very much further there is to go. :)

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Originally Posted by regularjoe

Your skills with this stuff never fail to drop my jaw. Thanks for showing us again, how very much further there is to go. :)

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No kidding I always feel about an inch tall when I see these...
I am not saying that in a bad way but to quote a wise man

"The truly wise man is the man who realizes how little he knows"

That looks absolutely amazing and beautifully stunning.
If they were white, I'd say you stole Gandalf's razor that matches his staff...well, if Gandalf shaved.
My point is that the scales look so beautiful that the elves of Lothlórien could have made them.
Spot on.

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Originally Posted by kwlfca

That looks absolutely amazing and beautifully stunning.
If they were white, I'd say you stole Gandalf's razor that matches his staff...well, if Gandalf shaved.
My point is that the scales look so beautiful that the elves of Lothlórien could have made them.
Spot on.

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Gandalf the Black, perhaps? :rofl2:

INTENSE scales and a GREAT FIX!
You Sir are TRULY TALENTED! :bow:

Thank you for sharing. The outcome looks like it was worth all the work!

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Originally Posted by Chreees

Gandalf the Black, perhaps? :rofl2:

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There are only four colours, unfortunately lol, white, gray, brown and two blues :P

Great razor though! Still blown away by the craftsmanship!

Thanks for raising the bar..again! I always learn from your works!
~Richard

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Originally Posted by mycarver

On the opposite side someone thoughtfully scratched in their initials which I was able to sand out and polish.

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Beautiful work! This is the only point that I could disagree with. JMHO You erased the history of the piece.

Really nice work, those scales are wild. This is the 3rd "Electric" I've seen, and they all seem to have really unusual scales, very unique razors!

Not all have those fancy scales as I just sent one off with plain ole' bakelite scales on it to a new shaver...but I do have one with unique scales on it too.

To the OP, that is some fine craftsmanship to bring those scales back to near 100%. :bow

Love to see great craftsmanship ,can tell a lot of patience and time went into this.

Thanks guys. I love doing projects like this.
As far as erasing the history I guess it's a judgement call. Part of its history was being broken but I had to resolve that as well. The scratched in letters were really crudely done and did nothing in my opinion to enhance the piece as it was difficult to even determine what letters they were trying to make.
In a way, graffiti is part of a buildings history as well but that usually isn't left in place either. Not the best analogy I know but I just couldn't leave it there as it's not a historical artifact. I wanted it close to the look it would have had if it had been cared for all these years.
Then too how many razors get refreshed with scales that are no where close to a factory scale. It's a personal call I guess.