Found this forum looking up info on some razors I have picked up over 15 years of being a barber. First pic post! A customer of mine gave this to me a few weeks ago....free. Gotta love being a barber!
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Found this forum looking up info on some razors I have picked up over 15 years of being a barber. First pic post! A customer of mine gave this to me a few weeks ago....free. Gotta love being a barber!
Wow! Beautiful! You, sir, have some very nice customers. Congrats and welcome to SRP!
wow, I hope you're giving him some free haircuts/shaves in exchange for that blade!
I'm a Barber,nobody ever gave me a Razor,very nice.
I've been given 6 razors so far. One is a really nice Boker & Co.
Other side
I think you'll notice rather quickly that both razors, the W&B in particular, are very popular and sought after in this neck of the wood. That old chopper need to be cleaned up and recommissioned ASAP!
Yeah I'd love to restore it for use on my customers but I need to study up on it first as I have never reconditioned any for use....yet!
That'd be awesome, if someone nearby is up for the task I'd love to have it reworked.
I want everyones opinion on scales material for the W&B, think this will be my first recondition project!
Horn is classic!
I did mine in natural horn. Pictures can not capture the beauty inside the somewhat translucent horn. Streaked is another nice option but I wouldn't go there unless I could hand pick it out or at least saw a picture. I am too picky for just taking what I am given :<0)
Sun on it.
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Sun through it.
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and still you can't see all the detail in it :<0)
Looks very nice, might go that route, that or id thought about maybe doing a burl, anyone done one in burl and wanna share?
Polishing up nicely so far....start of my first restore, tape to avoid sanding of parts I don't want sanded till I get to that point so I don't screw stuff up. Next step will be removing the scales for further sanding. Blade edge is in perfect shape but the middle area was pitted. Got all this done with the little spare time I've had between customers needing haircuts today
Last stroke on the buffer and slam....and was careful as I possibly could be.....think the buffer snagged the barber notch and proceeded to try and swallow it....was applying no pressure....I'm soooo sick right now....like losing my favorite toy :-(
A lovely thing to behold!
Ouch! sorry to hear about and see that. :(
Ohhh man...that's just terrible!
What a way to lose such a gem!!!
Thats to bad, sorry....
OH NO! I commented on the first couple posts and did not see that poor razor's destruction. My sympathies, friend!
Dang, sorry for your loss.
Sorry to hear/see that :( At least you weren't harmed in the ordeal…an important lesson learned.
awwww that hurts. Sorry it happened, glad you can still use all your digits. This is something you will remember every time you turn the buffer on. Padding is good under and in back off the buffing area.
Nah the stupid safety guard ate it, and the shrapnel flew into my finger and drew blood, not a big deal there, should have tossed the "safety" guard first thing....*sigh* couldn't wait to get that big boy into service on my customers....so sick
Sorry, man! been there, done that too.:(
It took a few to realize nothing sharp, corners included, goes against the wheel direction. Never did it again.
Yeah I knew better than to get the edge near it and had been buffing on it 30 minutes probably and was doing the final touch up then it barely grabbed it but caught the stupid safety guard then attempted to swallow it between the guard and buffer........... glad I have others but I sooooo couldn't wait to shave with that big boy.
Not to recommend removing safety guards or anything like that......Mine are gone, though! :w
Safety guard ? Those stay on ? I thought those things were just to protect it during shipping.
That's a shame. Considering you are just starting out you may want to try hand sanding. IMO as long as u are willing to take the additional time and effort your results with hand sanding are better and less chance of loosing the blade or your digits due to mishap.
Honestly based on OP this blade needed light with, not a trip to the wheel or taping of part you didn't want to sand.
Again sorry for you loss.
One lesson to be learned here is to practice on less valuable blades until skills are mastered. Sorry you lost that one.
Yeah I had it taped for hand sanding it, it had a lot more light pitting than the pictures showed...was just doing the final polishing since I didn't have any fine grit paper....
I will observe 24 hours of mourning as is appropriate for the razor.
My condolences.
Steep learning curve for ol Dennis...
May just put that mint never seen a hone or strop wonderedge duck to use to make myself feel better.
Or.....ill do some haircuts and buy one ready to go ....less risky. Glad that blade was given to me by a customer rather than shelling out big bucks....still makes me sick though.
Wow, that is just heartbreaking to see that fine old razor destroyed. As they say, the buffer is the most dangerous tool in your shop, and I think most do remove the safety guards for safety.:nono: . Was it one of the high-powered, high-speed buffers (i.e., over 3500 rpm)? I think using those on razors, especially with a loose wheel, is just asking for trouble. I've found that it's much safer to use my 1/2 hp, 1750 rpm Baldor than a couple of the more powerful, faster ones I have, and still it wants to "grab" the tail sometimes if I'm daydreaming (which I'm real bad to do!).
Better luck on the next one!
I don't have a lower-speed buffer. Maybe some day? I have found that 3 inch and smaller wheels work better and safer with fast-running units, however.
Its a variable speed...had it set to around 2000 rpm. I'm still so sad about the razor. Like a record fish that got away... :-(
Dennis-I think I speak for most on here in being impressed by your forthrightness in describing an unfortunate mistake. As I'm just getting started in restorations, I am posting both my successes and failures/mistakes (such as a near-finished one that I carelessly dropped and put a bad nick in the blade, or the W&B horn scales I was trying to unpin, and subsequently cracked AND put a divot in with a dremel-both look almost as good as new now).
Kudos to you for being such an open book. Too many people on the internet (not here, I'm thinking more social media like "FarceBook") try to make themselves and their lives out to be totally fabulous. As I often tell my students, it is from our mistakes that we learn the most.