Printable View
Found this guy in a antique shop for $8. Figured it was cheap enough for me to use as a project. Want to polish it up and build a set of scales for it. I cant make out where it was made till i remove some of the gunk. Any one have one of these?
Brian
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5090/...43d78116_m.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/...8ba69556_m.jpg
No don't do that . use something else for project.Quote:
Originally Posted by kd7skx
this is very good razor + it has mother of pearls handle.
it will clean up and shave great if person knows what he is doing. gl
the pics are small, so its hard to say. but my old friend mr allen, made some xll's. but i dont know very much about anything so dont quote me on that one
If the scales are not cracked, I would seriously think about keeping them. Hard to tell for sure in such a tiny picture, but the scales look like they could possibly be mother of pearl.
This is one time I'll agree with the gentlemen above. Normally I like to rescale all of my razors to have them custom the way I like :) But those scales if not damaged..well, I'd leave well enough alone..they're beautiful.
if u dont want the scales i will gladly take them off ur hands for ya. (in all seriousness i would remove them they are in great shape and look nice.
Ok bad news and more bad news. The scales were bad, broken in several places and missing huge chunks out of it. I can load larger pics later.
It trying to clean up the bad I broke it. I know, dumb mistake. I was trying to clean it up with a dremel and a brush, and the brush grabs the edge and cracked the metal. I am really really kicking myself. Errrrrr, at least it was 8 dollars, could have been a great find if I hadnt broke it.
Another victim of the dremel :boohoo:Too bad...that could've been a nice one.Quote:
Originally Posted by kd7skx
You must be psychicQuote:
Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl
Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrentshaving
Thats what ya get for knowing just enough to do some damage. Dang, really kicking myself. Oh well, live and learn. At least this was a cheap one.
The scales are three piece per side, are you sure they are cracked or just coming off the liners? Even if one piece is cracked likely 5 other are fine.
Yes stop. First project it may have many details that will become second nature later.
If you can post more detailed pics many here can assist.
If uncomfortable posting pics of where you're at, pm a friendly member including me on how to retain it's glory
No problem posting pics. Here are some pics of the damage. I dont know if it can be saved, I hate to see a blade go to waste. If nothing else I will make a display out of it.
Back side unpolished
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/...567139c769.jpg
Front side polished
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/...6384971fc0.jpg
As long as the temper wasn't ruined with the dremel, I'd say it could probably be fixed. I've seen several ppl grind out the razor up to the crack, in a sense elongating the shank and shortening the cutting edge length.
I agree with Sham though...if you want it fixed, I'd send it to someone with a bit more experience for that. Find another beater on ebay to practice on :)
Good luck!
Thats good to know. Can some one PM me if they can help me fix it. I will pay of course. It would be nice to have this guy fixed up. I really like the blade. Thanks.
Brian
If that were my blade I'd just junk it. By the time you get above the crack you'll have something that's sub 4/8 with deep pitting and spine wear, that may or may not hone up to shaving comfortably due to the change in geometry.
It's too bad about the scales too. That was a real daisy at one time.
Here's a couple images of what I mean...
Before:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UC6mL59fu3Q/TT...Ya8/before.jpg
After:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_UC6mL59fu3Q/TT...hLlE/after.jpg
As you can see, the area in blue in the Before picture could be ground out without decreasing the width of the razor (i.e. it would not necessarily go from a 5/8 to a 4/8, etc)
This is just an example, and of course, not precise, but I have seen other restorers do this if there was a crack or chip taken out of the blade.