Thread: 7/8 Frederick Reynolds Prince Alberts

Wullie--That's a great idea about the pencil lead. Thank you.

Those look like quite the beastly big wedges, and I mean that approvingly. It's nice that the seller cleaned between the scales--but maybe not surprising, given her manicure.

Happy shaves to you guys.

Would know the hands in a heartbeat,same seller that had that big W&B up awhile back,sold it three times.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Would know the hands in a heartbeat,same seller that had that big W&B up awhile back,sold it three times.

I know right. She always has these 8/8 or 9/8 super Cadillac chrome finished sasquatch WB's for sale and they get up there in price too. It's crazy what people pay

Originally Posted by Wullie

MIne looked pretty rough when I got it.


Blade was chipped and scales looked like poo. I sanded the rough spots and polished them with MOTHERS after soaking them in mineral oil for a few days.

I tried to leave as much of the etch as I could and didn't polish the front side. I stopped and removed what rust there was with a No 2 pencil lead.

Yes please go into greater detail about this restore process. You've truely captured my eyes and ears with this one. Wullie you are my new best friend. Sharpton you're out...LOL just kidding

1) So did you soak both the blade and the scales in mineral oil? or just the blade or just the scales?

2) If just the scales did you take the blade apart first?

3) whats the deal with the number 2 pencil? Do you sharpen the pencil first before using? Does it remove rust own to the bare metal? I am intriqued. If there are other posts on this method please feel free to pass the links on (when you have time of course)

I feel like throwing my blade into a vat of oil too now. There are some brilliant people at SRP. Thanks in advance
Cheetah Meat

I did not take it apart.

I stuck the whole thing in the mineral oil and left it for a couple of days. Then I removed it and left it alone for about a week. I figured the scales would either rehydrate or fall apart.

No2 pencil lead trick: SHARPEN THE PENCIL!!! Use the pointy end on the rough/rusty spots. It will remove the crud and leave the steel unmarked. No it will not take it to shiny bare metal. I've been using that trick on guns that rusted since the 70's when somebody showed it to me.

I did sand and polish the back side of the blade. However the front is pretty much as received, minus active rust that was toward the toe and over Albert's name.

The scales were sanded from 400 grit to 2K grit and then polished with Mothers Mag and Aluminum( SCALE/blade ) polish. I sanded the toe radius back into a radius from where it had been dropped.

Check out that seller's ebay profile pic and wonder why George is curious. LMAO

Originally Posted by Wullie

I did not take it apart.

I stuck the whole thing in the mineral oil and left it for a couple of days. Then I removed it and left it alone for about a week. I figured the scales would either rehydrate or fall apart.

No2 pencil lead trick: SHARPEN THE PENCIL!!! Use the pointy end on the rough/rusty spots. It will remove the crud and leave the steel unmarked. No it will not take it to shiny bare metal. I've been using that trick on guns that rusted since the 70's when somebody showed it to me.

I did sand and polish the back side of the blade. However the front is pretty much as received, minus active rust that was toward the toe and over Albert's name.

The scales were sanded from 400 grit to 2K grit and then polished with Mothers Mag and Aluminum( SCALE/blade ) polish. I sanded the toe radius back into a radius from where it had been dropped.

Check out that seller's ebay profile pic and wonder why George is curious. LMAO

Thank you for taking the time to answer the question so thoroughly. I've already tried using mineral oil to start to remove rust and it was coming off just using my fingernail . Not even 10 minutes later! amazing

Thanks again.

Cheetah

Anytime my friend.

Get 'er shined up and show us some PICS!!!

looks almost like the same one you guys have except without the etch on blade ive been using it as of late and cant seem to stop lol i love these wedges they take a great edge.Almost no burn ,almost lol.