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Wester Bros.
Picked up this razor today.. blade needs a little help but the scales and bolsters are good. Wester Bros. 'Fraternity'.
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Finally broke down and bought a few older brushes.
Brush No. 1
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Missed the crack but oh well..
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Brush No. 2
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Guy i bought the Wester from gave me this for free cuz 'im a good customer'. Not sure if i can do anything with it though. Handle is split as shown.
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Under $60 for the lot. The SR was half of that. Not a bad day if i find even one blade. Plus we stopped for a flight at the Olde Saratoga Brewery.. liquid lunch is best lunch.
Safe weekend my dudes.
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Gonna like that Wester Matt.
Got a couple, they shave a reeeal treat. Got an ideere on the safety, need to think upon it a bit more, and I'll let ya in on it.
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Would epoxy or CA and some judicious clamping rescue that handle? I'm sure one of the experts on here has an idea.
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Id love to know. I told the guy i would do whatever i could with it. Im all ears brothers.
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Not sure how handy you are on a table saw, but you could literally cut an octagon handle on the table saw, drill the appropriate holes and epoxy the ends into it. I had the exact same model, with the same crack in the handle, and turned a handle out of desert ironwood.
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My thought was to clamp it, and wrap with a thread around the knurled area, then coating the thread with something (epoxy, CA). Like the eyes on a fishing pole. Or go primitive and use sinew.
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OOhhhh, Wester Bros..... I've got a Manganese Steel and love it. Consistently gives terrific shaves, so dependable. Nice score, should be looking and shaving great in short order
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Yeah I'm excited about the SR. I might get to work on it tomorrow unless i go up north. I like both ideas for the handle. Ill have to give her a think.
Thanks gents!
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You may want to look at fly tying thread, there's a thread called floss they use for tying flies that you put a reactor on, and it turns rock hard, and smooth. Some really cool stuff!!
Here's a place to look.
( Jan's Netcraft . com )
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I just bounced around on the net and read up on the floss. I think ill try that. I was thinking Irish linen like a pool cue wrap but this seems like a better option. Plus my fishing buddy from work does some fly tying.. might be able to hit him up.