Thread: Collecting some Sheffields for restoration

I'm still setting up a workshop for restoration, and already have enough razors to keep me busy restoring for a good while, but I decided to go through a final push (final for now) and acquire a few more old Sheffields to work on. Here are five that have come in:



I gave these five a soak in Naval Jelly and went over them with a 120 grit flywheel on the Dremel just to hold them stable while I'm waiting to get around to working on them.

Top left: Joseph Elliot 13/16ths half hollow, Indian Steel

Top right: W&B 13/16ths half hollow

Middle left: Thomas Turner 7/8ths Wedge, Everlasting, tortoise shell scales

Middle right: Joseph Elliot 13/16ths wedge, Fine India Steel

Bottom Center: W&B 8/8ths wedge, For Barbers Use

These all came from the bay except the FBU, which came from SRP classifieds

In a reply post, I'll picture them separately.

There is another coming in, this one below, a Joseph Rodgers 7/8ths:



Joe

Here's the Joseph Elliot 13/16ths:



The Joseph Rodgers 13/16ths:



The W&B 13/16ths:



The Thomas Turner 7/8ths:



And the FBU 8/8ths:



The FBU is the real showpiece, but I'm tickled about the Thomas Turner, also. Glad to get some real tortoise shell.

Joe

Would not touch the FBU,I think that was my blade awhile back.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Would not touch the FBU,I think that was my blade awhile back.

I'm not planning on unpinning it. All original. It had a few tarnished spots, enough to make it worthwhile to polish them out. I'll just finish the polishing and then hone it.

The others will all have to be unpinned. And the W&B 13/16ths will need new scales. The other scales are in pretty good shape.

Joe

The Turner isn't tortoise but horn, beautiful anyway.

I really like the Rodgers and the big Wade

Originally Posted by Thaeris

The Turner isn't tortoise but horn, beautiful anyway.

Ah, shoot. How do you tell horn from tortoise?

Joe

Scienceguy made a great thread here : http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...oiseshell.html

After that, you'll be for sure an expert

Originally Posted by Thaeris

Scienceguy made a great thread here : http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...oiseshell.html

Thanks! That's good to find out. I'm a little disappointed, but the Thomas Turner is still a fine-looking razor. I won't be sorry to have it.

Joe

Originally Posted by carrolljc

I'm not planning on unpinning it. All original. It had a few tarnished spots, enough to make it worthwhile to polish them out. I'll just finish the polishing and then hone it.

The others will all have to be unpinned. And the W&B 13/16ths will need new scales. The other scales are in pretty good shape.

Joe

Might want to explore polishing by hand instead of the Dremel Gizzybob,JMO

double that for hand sanding & polishing
keeps the lines the best