Thread: Frederick Reynolds

Hah! I'll shoot for that goal!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It was an offer I couldn't refuse.

.................but now regret it bangin' your head like that!

UhhOh, now the Fredrick Reynolds blades that do make it to ebay will be high dollar, about half kidding but I do see a price jump on razors talked about on this and other forums. Amusing.

Frederick Reynolds are superb blades, I got this one awhile back, a, "Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use", you can just see the etch in the pic, the etching isn't stamped, think it's acid washed in (if that's the correct term), it's pretty much almost faded away (shame) it's restored now, kept everything all original, real massive chunk of Sheffield steel.

Interesting thing, the scales when they were cleaned, are somewhat transparent, almost as if they could have been a lighter colour. Here's the before, can't find a pic of it all cleaned up.

Phrank
Frederick Reynolds are superb blades, I got this one awhile back, a, "Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use", you can just see the etch in the pic, the etching isn't stamped, think it's acid washed in (if that's the correct term), it's pretty much almost faded away (shame) it's restored now, kept everything all original, real massive chunk of Sheffield steel.

Interesting thing, the scales when they were cleaned, are somewhat transparent, almost as if they could have been a lighter colour. Here's the before, can't find a pic of it all cleaned up.

Yeah Phrank that's nice, which is why I decided against polishing up my Jonathan Crooks FBU which I'm working on right now. The stamp is decent but the pistol & heart is faint so I'm restoring it as if it were original.

Originally Posted by engine46

Phrank
Frederick Reynolds are superb blades, I got this one awhile back, a, "Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use", you can just see the etch in the pic, the etching isn't stamped, think it's acid washed in (if that's the correct term), it's pretty much almost faded away (shame) it's restored now, kept everything all original, real massive chunk of Sheffield steel.

Interesting thing, the scales when they were cleaned, are somewhat transparent, almost as if they could have been a lighter colour. Here's the before, can't find a pic of it all cleaned up.

Yeah Phrank that's nice, which is why I decided against polishing up my Jonathan Crooks FBU which I'm working on right now. The stamp is decent but the pistol & heart is faint so I'm restoring it as if it were original.

Good plan - this blade to begin with as you can see the etching was already fairly gone - wonder why it wasn't stamped like the W&B's...my thinking is blades with etching like this might be newer. I have a W&B Magnum Bonum with the acid type etching (if that is the correct term) and it is equally faded.

I saw your Crookes FBU, very nice, it's worth doing your best to preserve it. I spent quite a few hours on SRP looking to see about reforming/reclaiming an etch, Geezer IIRC and a few of the other members had some interesting solutions to brighten up an etching, but in the end I don't think it would have worked for the "acid" type of etching - I think.....LOL

Originally Posted by FAL

UhhOh, now the Fredrick Reynolds blades that do make it to ebay will be high dollar, about half kidding but I do see a price jump on razors talked about on this and other forums. Amusing.

I've heard that Chris Kyle was a straight razor user, and only ever used a Frederick Reynolds blade. Apparently Sharptonn has that very blade!

Glen put a few mods on my Radical Reynolds...

nessmuck
Glen put a few mods on my Radical Reynolds...

Glen did a very nice job on that but he does excellent work on all his restores.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Good plan - this blade to begin with as you can see the etching was already fairly gone - wonder why it wasn't stamped like the W&B's...my thinking is blades with etching like this might be newer. I have a W&B Magnum Bonum with the acid type etching (if that is the correct term) and it is equally faded.

I saw your Crookes FBU, very nice, it's worth doing your best to preserve it. I spent quite a few hours on SRP looking to see about reforming/reclaiming an etch, Geezer IIRC and a few of the other members had some interesting solutions to brighten up an etching, but in the end I don't think it would have worked for the "acid" type of etching - I think.....LOL

I have done the same Phrank. I have researched preserving acid etches but really can't come up with much except for what you mentioned about Richard, IIRC but there isn't much that can be done. If there were someone that could duplicate an acid etch that would be a great thing, kinda like the guy on the History Channel that does all the restorations on everything he gets his hands on. Hmmmmm, I just thought of something. He has connections on just about anything, he might know someone that could do it. I took a chance awhile back & I used some 0000 steel wool & some WD-40 & cleaned a blade up a little better but the etch remained. I can't say it will work on all. I would experiment on some junk ones first.