Greaves - Full Custom Restore in Horn

**gssixgun** · 03-26-2013, 03:35 PM

This was a very special restore for me, it was one of the very very few that I have been able to deliver in person

DonV sent this Greaves up for a full restore, the Frosted etch was pretty far gone, and we had plenty of steel to work with, so he decided to go for a new finish. I took the razor to a near perfect Satin Glow, replaced the cracked worm eaten scales with new Honey Horn.. Don was hymmhawing on Bone vs Horn at first, so after he decided on the Horn I decided to use a Bone wedge so he ended up with both anyway

I used Bi-metal washers and Brass pins and bearing washers, the Horn was polished using the 3M sheets to 8k then buffed gently.

Honing was done in person at the Yakima Meet on Saturday using Chosera 1-5-10, Select Grade Coticule finish

The best part of the whole process was the smile on Don's face as he opened the box, that is something I wish I got to see more often

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First shave here http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...ml#post1132132

Yes I was pretty excited with this whole experience, thanks for looking

**Catrentshaving** · 03-26-2013, 03:44 PM

Beautifully done. And Congrats to Don...use it in good health and enjoy

**Firefighter2** · 03-26-2013, 03:50 PM

Excellent job, the original scales definitely had seen better days!

**JoeLowett** · 03-26-2013, 04:10 PM

Looking good! Btw I tried the satin finish technique you suggested and got good results. You can see the work on my recent John barber restore post. Love the horn scales on this one!

**PierreR** · 03-26-2013, 05:50 PM

Beautiful work! Love the honey horn!

**gooser** · 03-26-2013, 05:55 PM

have yet to see a Greaves i didnt like , but i LOVE that one !!!! EXCELLENT outcome for a fine razor !!!

i need to score me some horn like that to put on my 17/16 Greaves , again that just looks awesome !!!

**Grazor** · 03-26-2013, 06:02 PM

Nice work, looks good in horn.

**str8fencer** · 03-26-2013, 06:25 PM

Oh, lovely, I can see where his smile came from! Good job, as always

**dustoff003** · 03-26-2013, 08:48 PM

g, Very nice restore every finished blade you post makes me very eager to see and eventually use mine. If you want you can deliver mine to Hawaii for me...

donv, Great razor I like it very much it does have nice lines and those scales are the cats meow.

Note to self acquire Greaves razor!

**Martin103** · 03-26-2013, 10:18 PM

Very cool restore and delivery, really like the authentic look!

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