Thread: Old Pitchford

Originally Posted by WW243

I love hatchets...hatchet and hide...man's razor. Not sissy G10
Having said that:
Tom, why doesn't anyone over in that corner like fancy scales? What's with all the wood? Throw something with sparkles in dere, some color...something a little My Little Ponyish perhaps.

Bruno has a 'my little ponyish' Razor on 'Custom Builts' right now!
Wood is a common and easy to work medium. A favorite of hobbyists in this sport!

Wow, beauty Tom.
+1 to the pure neatsfoot oil treatment. Designed for the care of leather saddle and tack. Not the compound, the pure stuff. I have some and use it as part of the new strop builds I did on the travel kits. As Shaun said, not soaked, treated like tuff oil and applied liberally.
Gorgeous Pitchford, way nicer shape than mine.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Very interesting razor Tom, personally i would keep the leather scales, you don't see them often and they look to be in very good condition/original?

No worries, My Friend! This one shall stay all-original, save the top pin!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Wow, beauty Tom.
+1 to the pure neatsfoot oil treatment. Designed for the care of leather saddle and tack. Not the compound, the pure stuff. I have some and use it as part of the new strop builds I did on the travel kits. As Shaun said, not soaked, treated like tuff oil and applied liberally.
Gorgeous Pitchford, way nicer shape than mine.

Precisely why this razor will be loaned to a good friend who is disillusioned with worn Sheffield examples, Mike!
Every one I have had in this condition shaved awesome with a teeny bevel and little honing hardships.
Got to show him what it's all about!

Still looking......Here is a quote from Neil!

"I think that the scales are leather which has undergone a process called "Cuir Bouilli" or something very similar. Basically, leather is soaked, macerated, formed into sheets or moulds, then baked, waxed and hammered.

Regards,
Neil."

And more in this thread! ; http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...shaw-sons.html

Nice razor Tom...It will be a real beauty once it's 'beautified' a tad. Love me some Pitchford...great steel!

Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

Nice razor Tom...It will be a real beauty once it's 'beautified' a tad. Love me some Pitchford...great steel!

Thanks, Mike! Is that a nutsy-boltsy, Mike? Pitchford would NEVER have done THAT!
Seriously, I am just going to get the rust abated as best I can, leave the factory grinding striations, wipe and wax the scales as Neil suggested and hone it up all-natural. Neil...He is still with me!

Another one!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Bruno has a 'my little ponyish' Razor on 'Custom Builts' right now!
Wood is a common and easy to work medium. A favorite of hobbyists in this sport!

You said 'hobbyists' AND 'sport' in one sentence!
Endeavour is dead, long live endeavour.
I'll never say this again because it is massively offensive to a lot of cool gents: I kind of like scales that are period appropriate if the originals have to be replaced. The only wood scales I have seen on vintage razors are on farmer scaled razors.
When celluloid appeared...fine, I really like celluloid scaled razors...if it becomes a liability, to me it looks good to replace it with something like celluloid in appearance.
I think horn is the prince of scale material in all its iterations.
Tortoise is king. Ivory the queen. MOP the court jester. Silver the eunuch.
I think with a modern custom razor, any modern material can look sanitary, my little pony or otherwise.
Seriously though, who cares what I think...I don't even care.
There are some awe inspiring examples of that leather treatment..and like so much around here, a fascinating history.

Well, Bill. "They were made for a man, but I like them too!"

Bill, I'm massively offended on behalf of all the cool woodworkers..
But I will endeavor to get over it. Maybe make you some wooden scales out of weeping willow for the tears you have caused me...