Thread: 8/8+ W&B from eBay - are any of you gents the seller?

Those scales look pretty neat! Metal polish and hone has my vote....
Eric.

I'd give it the full go. I mean, save the stacks, like you said, but then buff that blade out to a vintage glazed finish and put it in some grey or black horn. Polish up the stacks and do it up. Cow bone wedge.....

....but hey, that's just me. It's YOUR razor. Like this, but with the stacks: http://http://straightrazorpalace.co...lack-horn.html

Every time Carl posts that W*B I shrink a little......that was about my 3rd set of scales ever. Carl....you're killin' me! But....it was super cool to trade razors with Carl, each of us being on opposite sides of the globe.

@Carl.....I still have the postcard you sent me in my cottage window. Mount Torrens!

And there you have it! Such a predicament with what to do with a neat razor! Obviously, no hurry! Take your time and get it done as YOU want! It is already nice, so whatever you do, it will be nicer!

It arrived today. Wow, fast shipping! This razor will be rescaled. The heel extends below the scales, and the wood at the wedge end has a whittled look to it. That's fine; I wanted to rescale it anyway. The blade is in a lot nicer shape than I expected, and is hollower than I expected. I think it will clean up nicely, but I'm going to take my time.

Originally Posted by Maxi

I'd give it the full go. I mean, save the stacks, like you said, but then buff that blade out to a vintage glazed finish and put it in some grey or black horn. Polish up the stacks and do it up. Cow bone wedge.....

....but hey, that's just me. It's YOUR razor. Like this, but with the stacks: http://http://straightrazorpalace.co...lack-horn.html

Every time Carl posts that W*B I shrink a little......that was about my 3rd set of scales ever. Carl....you're killin' me! But....it was super cool to trade razors with Carl, each of us being on opposite sides of the globe.

@Carl.....I still have the postcard you sent me in my cottage window. Mount Torrens!

Hi Nathan, Yeah, that trade was really cool, and really friendly. Sometimes I lament the one I let go, but yours is really cool because it's the first I traded, and I think you were the first friend I made here. I don't think there's any need to shrink when you see that razor. I love the bone wedge and I love the scales. This was polished before you got the wheel I think. It's a really smooth edge; and the little nuts and bolts in the pivot are really a very good idea. Thanks for keeping the post card, you did say that when things go there they don't come back!

Best wishes, Carl

Originally Posted by Maxi

I'd give it the full go. I mean, save the stacks, like you said, but then buff that blade out to a vintage glazed finish and put it in some grey or black horn. Polish up the stacks and do it up. Cow bone wedge.....

....but hey, that's just me. It's YOUR razor. Like this, but with the stacks: http://http://straightrazorpalace.co...lack-horn.html

Every time Carl posts that W*B I shrink a little......that was about my 3rd set of scales ever. Carl....you're killin' me! But....it was super cool to trade razors with Carl, each of us being on opposite sides of the globe.

@Carl.....I still have the postcard you sent me in my cottage window. Mount Torrens!

As above, restore the blade to as it was,thats true restoration,as I think wullie said,do not make it look like a diamond in a goats ass.preserve the blade grind marks at all costs.

Thanks for the advice Pixel. I'm afraid most tool marks are long gone on this one. No more forced patina, though.

I see non-original scales and active rust, once you start cleaning you might as well go all the way and make that baby gleam, but then again take what I say with a grain of salt, because I don't shave with Rusty, Corroded or even Patina covered blades.. I want clean shiny steel on my Hollywood face and I want it in clean pretty scales..

Hmmmm maybe thats why I started restoring razors in the first place hehehehe


BTW stole the pic so this thread doesn't look dumb when the ebay ad dies




The edge looks a little wonky too but that might just be the pic

Thanks Glen. It's hard to see in the pic, but there's partially sanded out pitting from the line where the blade enters the scales up to the spine on both sides. It's faint, but there, and consistent on both sides. Below that line has a few marks, too, and is very hollow. I'm not sure it can be made completely shiny. As such, I'm not sure what to do with scales. I might be silly to have one of you guys deck it out if the blade doesn't clean up. Coincidentally, I asked someone else about this by PM a few minutes before this thread picked back up. What would you do with it if it were you?

Assuming the razor is solid (I would set a bevel first I always do) I would run it through the buffers and take it to the best finish it will hold, that is the razors decision not mine then I would either use a Vintage set of W&B horn scales that had been cleaned & polished up or I would put it in some New Custom Horn scales...

If it were my personal razor I might opt for flashier scales (Acrylic / G-10 / Micarta) only because that is where my tastes lay