Wostenholm IXL score

Found this razor on eBay and just had to have it.

It was in really nice condition but the scales have seen better days. They are still usable and work just fine. I really love the blade etching and design.

I unpinned it, polished up the scales the best I could, polished the blade and put it all back together.

Now just have to hone it up and am going to try it out tonight.

Enjoy the pics.

Before:
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After unpinning:
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After my quick restoration:
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Great restore on a good looking razor.

Nicely done! the etching is really cool and they are great shavers enjoy!

thats great!!! So happy to see everyones finds daily on SRP. It makes me so pleased when someone on here gets a treasure and restores it to a beautiful and usefull razor :) congrats and I hope it brings you much hapiness!!!

Thanks guys. I was so happy when I got it and it cleaned up pretty nicely. It's all honed up now and I'm going to give it a shave tonight.

Sweet! Good job!

Nice restoration and now curious to see what you think of the shave. Looks like you're in for a good one. :)

I'll report later tonight how the shave goes. If it shaves half as good as it looks it should be pretty darn good.

Very nice and congrats on a sweet looking razor.

I have had my first shave with this razor tonight. I have to say that it shaved very nicely but my honing let it down somewhat. Once dialled in this is going to be a very nice addition. Thank you for all the kind comments.

That's a nice looking razor. Nice work.

How did you polish the blade without ruining the etching?

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.

Great job! Love the blade.

1917:
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http://strazors.com/uploads/gallery/wostenholm_1.jpg

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

And one more catalog with this razor, 1890:

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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.

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

Great restore ! well done

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Originally Posted by Firefighter2

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

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