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Thread: Antique Store Gambles
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08-14-2015, 06:46 PM #1
Antique Store Gambles
I visited three antique stores and took a gamble on these items.
The Swaty looks like it's toast now that I have ran it under some water. I'm hopeful the W & B is salvageable. It looks like the etching depicted Daniel Webster before it was honed away.
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08-14-2015, 06:51 PM #2
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Thanked: 634Two out of three ain't bad. The razor may clean up enough to use yourself. But the mug and stone are OK.
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08-16-2015, 06:53 PM #3
The Old Spice mug cleaned up well and now houses a puck of Tabac.
The barber hone has crumbling edges, pale spots, and a marks that appear to be from bread-knifing. I might see if the local barber shop wants it for their old barber tools display.
One of the places I visited had a Koken barber chair, which I had seen on their website, and I had hoped I would come across a cache of barber supplies. No such luck. A couple of brushes and the chair were the only barber items they had.
Can anyone point me to a nice example of a Danile Webster W & B so I can compare?Last edited by Leatherstockiings; 08-16-2015 at 07:09 PM.
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08-16-2015, 07:26 PM #4
Can that stone be lapped? Can it be salvaged for use? The razor certainly looks suitable for a restore. Good find.
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08-16-2015, 07:32 PM #5
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08-16-2015, 07:36 PM #6
That W&B is a nice catch IMO, might consider sending it out to have some pro restoration work done on it...I understand there's a few guys on this site who can make a razor look almost new again!
Nice big Sheffield, would be great to see that back in the line again - good haul!
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08-16-2015, 07:51 PM #7
For sure the razor can have a re-grind and scales and be used. I had some re-worked and they turned out good. the stone can also be lapped and used. if you use the DMT325 you stand a chance of causing bare spots on in the diamond plate. a flat space as a granite counter top or flat tile can be used with wet dry sand paper of 220 then maybe higher grit to finish the surface. I removed a large chip in one of mine the ordered a new DMT325.
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Leatherstockiings (08-16-2015)
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08-18-2015, 11:39 PM #8
That W&B Daniel Webster is very nice, I was looking around for you and found this, another W&B with Daniel Webster etched on the blade, check it out:
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Leatherstockiings (08-18-2015)
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08-18-2015, 11:56 PM #9
It looks like a match, Phrank.
Above his head it says "I still live" which were Webster's last words. His name is below the portrait. I think it's safe to say the razor was produced between 1852 and 1891.
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08-18-2015, 11:58 PM #10