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Chestnut razor case renovation!
I recently picked up a late 19th century English chestnut 7-day razor case (Joseph Rogers & Sons, Sheffield). Some of you may have seen it on eBay. The case was pretty scuffed up, and the box had been forced open at some point, pulling the upper lock plate out (you can see it "locked" onto the lower plate). Here are a couple "before" shots of the box.
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Here's a shot during renovation. Sorry for the poor quality. The box was taken apart, stripped, sanded, stained and varnished. I succeeded in fixing the lock (an unanticipated couple of hours).
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Here are some shots after it was reassembled.
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I was able to preserve the interior purple lining. Btw, that's a chunk of ivory on the top: a candidate for a scrimshaw name or some cool icon. I felt lucky that no one felt obligated to carve in initials during the last 100 yrs.
I've only partially loaded up the case, but it'll end up being my backup case to the recent leather SRD roll I acquired!