Wostenholm IXL score

**gnoils** · 05-01-2012, 09:40 AM

That's a nice looking razor. Nice work.

How did you polish the blade without ruining the etching?

**rmalak** · 05-01-2012, 03:12 PM

The etching is actually ground into the surface of the blade so I just used some Mother's polish and it brought up the lustre of the raised parts and didn't do much with the ground out parts. I was surprised the design on the blade wasn't just a normal etch.

**Sonofabarber** · 05-01-2012, 06:49 PM

Great job! Love the blade.

**manah** · 05-01-2012, 07:37 PM

1917:

**rmalak** · 05-01-2012, 07:49 PM

Thanks for that info Manah. It's interesting to know that they were gold etched originally. Yours is very nice!

**manah** · 05-01-2012, 07:59 PM

And one more catalog with this razor, 1890:

**rmalak** · 05-01-2012, 10:48 PM

Man! It's crazy to think that this razor could be over 120 years old. I can't imagine a Mach 3 being around 120 years from now at all, never mind in this condition.

**Firefighter2** · 05-01-2012, 11:10 PM

Good buy, I would have bought it entirely based on the looks of the blade. The etching is beautiful.

**kalerolf** · 05-02-2012, 05:25 AM

Great restore ! well done

**rmalak** · 05-02-2012, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

Good buy, I would have bought it entirely based on the looks of the blade. The etching is beautiful.

That's pretty much why I went after it. I had never seen another one until Manah's on this thread.

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