Thread: Another ebay find...

Picked this one up for around 23 bucks encluding the shipping. Very hollow DC Halsted.

The blade is in pretty good condition but the scales are bug eaten badly. Plus they are longer than the blade as in a half inch space between the wedge and the toe when closed. The wedge is part of the scales like they made scales thicker and shaped the material into two half wedges. The pins look new and shinny. Not even scratched so i think someone put this together to sell. I could be wrong.
Scales look to be horn but eaten up so bad that im going to replace them. Thinking some kind of wood. Maybe on my next weekend ill get some time for it. Faint stainning on the blade but no real pitting or hone ware so im happy with that. From what i could find, and theres not much info, thinking 1860 to 1880. Sheffield razor without the word England.


Thanks for looking.
BTW, if your one of the 3 guys that ive said "i will mail a packege to you soon" i will get things in the mail on monday or tuesday. Sorry for the wait. Damn job takes all my time.

Nice pick up, Jerry. The blade looks in good condition and has a nice shape to it, slight smiles give great shaves. I've thought about trying to replicate those "wedgeless" scales making a set with the half wedge built into the material of each scale, but so far every time it just seems like more trouble than it's worth and I end up making a separate wedge. Still want to someday, though. We're you thinking of trying it?

Thanks Tuzi. No, i like a different color on my wedges. Think doing it the way it was would be too much of a PITA to get right. Ive seen plastic scales molded that way a few times now but these are horn as you can tell. Bet it was tough making them that way with horn.

Im trying to add some more smiling blades to my collection. I like the sway back look of the spines and i do find a better shave happens with a smiling razor. I didnt have this maker in my collection and the price was tight so i jumped on it at the last second and won. Couldnt be happier with how it looks. The blade shouldnt need much work.

I like it and the tanker in the background is a nice touch.

Its got potential. Please post new picture when your done.
Al

Unpinned it and saved the scales. Figured they would be a good chance to try the filling that Mike does on horn and such.

I used the scales for a basic shape then got to sanding and shaping some "Blood Wood". Made the scales a little shorter than the ones that were on it as there was a 1/2 inch space between tip and wedge and I just dont like that look. Fit is much tighter now. Wedge is Ebony. I'm going to need to do some more work on the finish but I'm getting wore down from being up so early this morning. But here it is at this time bolted together, checking the fit. Its a little off center so thats going to need some work too before it finished. Plus honing of course.

So another few days on the finish and then pinning and honing so maybe next week.

Nice work, Jerry, very nice! I love the scales, nice fit there and nice shape to them. That Bloodwood is good stuff, I made some scales for an M.J. Higgins out of it a while back. Nice with the ebony wedge.

Looks great, Jerry!
We often see old regrinds such as this sitting quite short in the original scales.
It likely had a barber's notch before being reground to it's nice, thin, present state.
The notch has to go as the tip would be too flimsy after regrinding. Hence, they took them off.

Old razors like that take a great edge and shave wonderfully. I suppose that is what the regrind was all about!

Nice job, Jerry!

Thanks for the info Tom. I was really wondering about that. The scales looking so old they had to be original but then so short i just couldnt make sense of it. Thanks for explaining that!