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Thanks for the replies guys. Hopefully a couple of the really experienced restorers will stop by this thread and tear my razor apart so that I can learn from it. Seriously, don't hold back, I need to...

I think these pictures speak for themselves.

The pinning went well. A little shaky at first due to not having a ball pein hammer, but I went to harbor freight and remedied that today. By the way,...

Yay, updates!!!

1. Fitting the wedge. Glad I lost the first one I made. I got to looking at some of the old pictures and I noticed it wasn't very tapered, really more of a spacer than a wedge....

Also, I picked up the supplies for my next big adventure into razor restoring. Any guesses what I'm doing??

Thanks for all the great comments and interest guys. I really appreciate them. This morning I kind of wondered if anyone was still looking at this thread. Then like magic a bunch of people posted....

Well, we are about 27 hrs 17ish min in now. Looked under the box. They are lookin' good! I think I didn't coat quite evenly on the bottom of the scales on the "show" side, but I'm going to wait and...

After three coats of poly, I said screw it and went to the hardware store and got some epoxy. I will be using this from now on. A little buffing compound on top of the epoxy will make that curly...

Went with poly cause I already made my wedge. Now of course my wedge is missing. What the heck did I do with it!?

First coat of poly is on! Need to find that dang wedge!

Seriously, this is the last update tonight. I'm washed up from being outside and now I'm headed to bed.

It's a little teaser shot. The wedge is just sitting between the two scales. I'm leaving...

Waiting on the stain, so more pictures!

1. Test fitting the wedge.
2. The wedge drilled and cut to shape.
3. The scales almost complete. They've has two more coats of stain since this...

Well, went ahead with the rough cut maple. I just couldn't pass it up. I really need a table saw or a radial saw rather than the compound miter I used to cut this slab. Use what ya got (or in this...

Got the rod and some washers for my scales. Now I have to decide what wood I want to us for the scales themselves. I'm really torn. I think using the rough cut maple would be a lot of fun considering...

Well, more developments. And like most things, there's some good, some ok, and some bad.

1. Bad: I messed up the smooth finish when I tried to reprogress through the sandpaper from 600 through...

I just realized that the blade I've been working on for the last week has a slight frown in it! This can be honed out, right? Please say yes.

Also, I have progressed through the grits up to...

Theseus, found the sandpaper at our HL! Just picked up one pack until I find out how good of paper it is.

Mocked up a rough 1st draft of my pattern out of yellow cedar. Man, the smell takes me...

Mvcrash, thanks for the offer, I will let you know if I can't find some.

Theseus, I will look at Hobby Lobby. If they do indeed have that same pack at our HL I am buy three or four packs!
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I never thought about a hobby store. We have a hobby lobby here in town. I wonder if they would have something?

Niftyshaving, thanks!

DirtyChrome, thanks for the opinion. It's definitely food for thought. I'm still very undecided on the scale material and the wedge material. Most likely I will just have to...

And here's that shape. Again, it's based off a picture from Larry over at Whipped Dog.

Wow, that blade is printed up! Just noticed that.


So, that's all I have done right now. It took me...

I'm going to use red oak for the scale material. I love working in oak, and it should be fun for this project. I'm a little worried about using such an open grained wood though. Maybe I should order...

Final, after 1000 grit wet sand and Mother's brand mag and wheel polish buffed with a cloth diaper. In the first picture, my daughter was about four feet from the razor. The last one shows the...

Ouch, crap. That hurt. Even not shave sharp, it's still sharp enough. I later got a cut on my thumb that was deep and hurt like heck. It bled seemingly forever.

After 800 grit. Getting closer...

All I had access to is 400, 800, & 1000. I would have liked more options, but ya uses what ya hases.

This is after 400 grit w/d. I am only hand sanding. I have a dremel, but really I enjoy hand sanding. No, honest. I really do. It's very peaceful.

I love the satin look, and thought about keeping...

Please be gentle as this is my first restore, my first post on SRP, and once I get this razor finished and honed, my first straight shave.

I've been shaving with a SE for quite sometime now, but...