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@tintin
Thank you for your kind words and the support mate. I have learned so many lessons doing this restore and had such great help from a number of members here. It is quite humbling to know so...

Finished at last ... after many stops and starts it's done.
Some good things and some not so good.
Pics tell the story - this one was not as great as I would have liked, however it is a nice...

@tintin
I'm working on getting it finished this week, certainly not giving up mate.
And yeah the Dremel is out for all close work, only to be used for rough shaping of scales in future.
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Where did the time go, I can't believe it's nearly 3 months since posting on the progress this razor.
Not going to bore everyone with the details - had some personal things to sort out and took some...

Getting started on some new wood scales for this razor.
I selected a nice piece of Tasmanian Myrtle.
This will be quite a challenge to get it right.
But that's half the fun right :)

Bit the bullet and ordered a variety of wood cut to size to do a re-scale of this blade. May be here at the end of next week.
Got some American Maple, Leatherwood, Myrtle and Tasmanian Blackwood -...

I have some experience with making the plastic scales but have not attempted this level of scale making. The inlays will prevent a big
challenge as the Gold edge inlay was partly flattened by the...

Bad news - Front scale is toast. Used the hot water method and boiled the scales and metal plates in a large pan this time (about 4 minutes) While trying to flatten it enough to make it pin up...

Tried a mock up today --- scales causing a big issue with closing the blade. The bend near the wedge end of the front scale is so bad it prevents the blade closing at all - with a test screw...

@Ed Sent email again == seemed to be locked up in outbox folder
Hope it turns up this time

Having some difficulty getting one scale to stay straight, it seems to bow again a few hours later. Not sure what to do to fix this issue.
Maybe remove the inlays.? Thoughts and suggestions...

i decided to live with this result even if it is not what I am really happy with.
Thanks to everybody for their input and guidance.
I will post up more pics when I can.

Tried the over bend method with one scale and took it a little too much the other way, result in a bend near the middle of the scale and the rest of it looks like before I started to work it. I think...

Ed, Thanks for the compliment mate. It is coming together slowly but surely.

Started work on the scales trying to straighten the slight warp in them.
After several tries with the hair dryer no...

Had some more time to work on this yesterday and today.
After using micrmesh starting at 1500 and working up to 12000 I saw some light swirl marks on the blade, almost certainly lower grit sanding...

Thanks Ed.
I am making sure to take the time to get the small things right on this restore
Really don't want to make a mess of such a nice blade.
I will be checking on getting the gold wash redone...

It's been a while since my last post here
Work on the restore has gone slowly - work is very busy right now with lots of extra hours to be done.
Not much time for working on highly favored hobbies...

Progress pics - sanding with 400 grit wet/dry - looks like plenty more sanding on this grit to do
Also got pics of the scales taped together to show the slight warp in them.

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Just had a closer look at the edge of mine with my 30X loupe and see some pitting on and near the edge so will lose some size with honing. i will have to make sure I can get clean metal edge before...

@Crackers Thanks for the tips mate - I will make sure to check out you tube for info on electrolysis

@tintin The aluminium plate is still being sourced - I may go with the hair dryer as I din't...

@mrsell63

Thanks for your comments Jerry. When the time comes and if I decide to go with it I may well contact mycarver about a Goldwash treatment. If possible I would try to keep the job in my...

@JReed
It looks like it is the remains of Gold wash which (I have read) would have been on the monkey tail when the razor was manufactured. There is also some rust there too. I am thinking of...

I bought this razor some months ago and put it aside while doing other restores and such.
Now I am ready to take the plunge and give it a new lease on life.
I did a write up about this razor in...