Thread: Chasing 1820's factory finish: Stenton Improved Silver Steel

Zak, personally i think you did a great job, the scales look nice and clean and sealed, and im so glad the blade doesnt look like a complete mirror, thanks for sharing!

Nice save, Zak. Old razors should look old, IMO. As long as it shaves and does not have active rust, it will serve well!

The old girl looks good! Get her honed up and tell us more about her!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice save, Zak. Old razors should look old, IMO. As long as it shaves and does not have active rust, it will serve well!

We'll see how it shaves.

I still haven't honed it. It's got a couple of nicks in the edge and after grinding and grinding and grinding that Parker 'Improved Eagle Razor' on a 1k DMT, I'm gun-shy about creating a bevel on a 1k plate.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

We'll see how it shaves.

I still haven't honed it. It's got a couple of nicks in the edge and after grinding and grinding and grinding that Parker 'Improved Eagle Razor' on a 1k DMT, I'm gun-shy about creating a bevel on a 1k plate.

Haha I can't tell you how many times I've said that. And yet I still punish myself with the chipped up near-wedges.

Those scales look really great to me. Kinda makes me think maybe I should have tried to save some of the ones I tossed on reciept.

The whole thing is top notch IMO. Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by regularjoe

Those scales look really great to me. Kinda makes me think maybe I should have tried to save some of the ones I tossed on reciept.

The whole thing is top notch IMO. Thanks for posting.

I don't mind being an evangelist for repairing horn scales. They can almost always be repaired! And like a gunfighter, their scars make'em look better!