Thread: The Butcher Shop

Cool Andrew! Now you will have one similar. I have an old razor in Ivory scales I got but there is no makers mark on it. The Ivory is older than all of my other Ivory clothed razors. I have unpinned it because the blade was loose inside the Ivory tang on it so I'll need to tighten it up somehow & while it is apart, I might as well clean up the blade. I would show a pic but it doesn't belong here. I suppose the makers mark may have been on the Ivory tang at one time.

Got two wade & butchers. The one on the left is the first one I bought love these. Was gonna change the scales but I like the vintage look

Originally Posted by nalob

Got two wade & butchers. The one on the left is the first one I bought love these. Was gonna change the scales but I like the vintage look

Drop um in a zip lock bag with a bit of neats foot oil, let um soak for a week.
You'll be surprised at the results..!!

Yeah the one on the left is kinda dry. That's the one I wanted to rescale. Has a few dings on the back and missing the wedge. But gonna keep it like that for now has a bit of character. Gotta re pin it though has a spot of rust by the hinge pin. The frame back? Is pretty much good as is(my new favorite. Lol) the blade on this one is huge it is a tad bit longer as well.

Read that ace hardware has neats foot oil gonna check today.

Sad day today...The one on the left I took apart cleaned off the rust by the pivot but cracked one of the scales repinning it...gonna have to do my original plan and make new scales. Got some Hawaiian koa. I left a lot of the patina for now I like it, not sure if I want to polish it out. I don't even use any of my other razors anymore lol. I got that one from rod he does awesome work.

Horn can be repaired, as just about all can be repaired, including cellulose. I've heard it can't be repaired, but I've succeeded at it .

Originally Posted by outback

Horn can be repaired, as just about all can be repaired, including cellulose. I've heard it can't be repaired, but I've succeeded at it .

How did you repair yours?

Originally Posted by nalob

How did you repair yours?

I removed the scales.
Using a dremmel and a engraving bit, I dug out a trough on the inside of each the broken scale halves.
Cut a length toothpick that would fit, then split the toothpick, to obtain the right thickness, then taped the two halves of the scales together, and filled the trough with T88 structural epoxy.
Once cured.. Sand inside of scale flat, then the contour of the outside.
Then carefully sand a shallow, tapering grove, into the crack on the outside of the scales, sanding a bit beyond the grove so you can blend the repair to the original part of the scale.
Instead of epoxy for this repair, we'll be using CA in medium thickness. (Polishes up better than epoxy, and is clear)
Add coats of CA till grove is full and slightly higher than the scales.
Sand with 400,600,1000 grt. W/D paper, sanding the whole outside of the scale with 1000 grt at very end.
Polish with Flitz or Maas. (I use the dremmel, and a rag wheel )

I imagine all sorts of things could be used a backing for the repair. Screen, fiberglass, ect. But this was a first, and successful attempt. I just wanted to save these scales. They were in great condition, just broken. And the blade had never been honed.

I heard that a acetone Weld works sometimes. I never done it and I never seen it done but it's a thought if anyone wants to try

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Bought some bocote? Got it mocked up still gotta oil it n glue the wedge