Thread: New restoration

This was an ebay razor (nice and cheap). It is a 5/8 Henry Sears & son Carnival Special Barber. I have another Henry Sears that is a great shaver so I thought this one would probably be the same. Well I didn't really take any before pics but I did include a pic of the old scales, plastic wood grain. The blade was in good shape just a little rust and some pitting but it polished out nice and I honed the nicks out of the blade. I took a great edge. The Scales are one piece formed out of Tigerwood and coated in tung oil. I had a little trouble cutting out the center but overall it turned out a whole lot better than I expected. I plan on using the razor in the morning so I guess we will see how it shaves. Being my first restoration I am very pleased with it just thought I would post some pics and see what everyone else thought!!!

Great job!! I've been steeling myself to just jump in on a restoration project and this is great encouragement!!! Nice looking razor!!


If you don't mind, how did you hollow out the wood? One piece scales are sweet!

Originally Posted by FarNorthAK

Great job!! I've been steeling myself to just jump in on a restoration project and this is great encouragement!!! Nice looking razor!!


If you don't mind, how did you hollow out the wood? One piece scales are sweet!

Scroll saw. I am about to do another set and I think I am going to find someone with a band saw and cut out the center then shape the scales. For this set I shaped the scales first then took them to a scroll saw (it was the first time I had used one) and just cut out the center. I found out I suck with a scroll saw!