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Just finished pinning. I wanted to replicate the original black finish so I ended up spray painting the scales black. It's unorthodox for sure, but I like the effect.

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Decided to make this an ongoing restoration thread. I took the razor apart tonight, and here's what I got.

The original surfaces before disassembly:

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The parts laid out....

Yeah they're staying. The pitting is so deep that you'd have to take off 1/2 mm of surface to get under them. Someone must have either closed it wet or let water (or something nasty) sit between the...

That's the great thing, is that there really is no patina, just a streak of ugly deep pitting. I'm going to do a full restore to factory on the scales but leave the blade untouched. I've been after...

Snagged this one on ebay the other day. One of the harder to find WBs, with 'Patent Tempered Steel' that appears on many razors of the era. I hesitate to jump to the conclusion, but it looks like it...