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    The blade looks OK but for a razor like that, whoever restored it should have put a bit more time into it to get a flawless mirror finish.

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    I dunno. I would be happy he stopped where he did, myself!
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    I tend to agree with you Tom. Although I appreciate, and am still chasing a self made mirror finish on a vintage razor I can be proud to achieve, on these bad boys a little age and character work.
    What I was appreciating was just how much detail has been previously removed from my new restore blade based on this one, and the one you recently posted which I saw before mine arrived.
    My logo arrow and rear stab are ground away by some hack job on a grinder who knows how many years ago. I have no expectation of mirror finish although I am going to try. I will be happy to smooth out the damage and call it a shaver again at the least. Going to try to save the scales too, worm holes be damned.
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    Gee, Mike. I tend to think 'clean' these days on the old ones. A buffer finish seems false to me on them.
    The ones which had a mirror finish in the old days, saving the lines, details without blowing out the tang stamps, all somehow seems impossible now? I like to make the oldies clean and tight, not much more. They seem silly as done too shiny, JMO. Of course the wedges have lots of meat on the bone!
    Some of those need the blade reshaped a bit to make all well. I feel your's could benefit?
    I shall start a thread on it as I begin.
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    Looks very nice, for something that is 150+ years old it's in great shape IMO. If I didn't have a 7-Day set of them already, I'd be very interested in acquiring that one.

    Scales are a matter of taste as far as I'm concerned, but you don't see many of those blades come along in such a nice state.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeB52 View Post
    Dang, looking at that one really shows me how much was ground off the WB FBU I just BIN'd on dabay.
    The lower arrow is ground off completely and the faces have been gouged up quite a bit. This one looks nice in comparison. Presume it's gone by now.
    I'd probably opt for different scales as well, assuming it's fake MOP on them.
    Cheers.
    Seems like it was posted back in March? I expect Phrank has it by now!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    Looks very nice, for something that is 150+ years old it's in great shape IMO. If I didn't have a 7-Day set of them already, I'd be very interested in acquiring that one.
    Your descriptions of your experiences with these big blades prompted my interest as well Andrew. Your pics of Val's awesome work certainly didn't hurt either..
    Love the new avatar, Father Guido's way less creepy than Alex was..

    I should start a new thread in the workshop as well. Mine definitely needing some reprofiling, or significant smoothing out. I will keep an eye out for yours Tom, tips are always consumed with appreciation.
    I may need counselling on thread jacking from professionals, been doing it a lot lately, hehe.
    Or become a pirate....
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Seems like it was posted back in March? I expect Phrank has it by now!
    True Dat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Seems like it was posted back in March? I expect Phrank has it by now!
    If I had of seen it back then, I might have grabbed it...those W&B's complete me
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    If I had of seen it back then, I might have grabbed it...those W&B's complete me
    They seem to be top-shelf, first division! Always have?
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    I rest my case.

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