Thread: Step by step restore of a Wostenholm for a member

Originally Posted by souschefdude

Plenty of before pics at the beginning of the thread, but I'll post a side-by-side when done.

Thanks for doing that! With all of the confusion about which blade is which it should clear everything up!

I'm so very glad I decided to join in just as an observer as you've been doing a wonderful job, not only on the razor but in keeping all of us up to date on your progress! You are doing some really nice work there!

So I tried to straighten the front scale before, flattened between marble and glass. Not successful. So I built a rig, havent tried it yet, but he re is a pic.
The two middle corks are mounted with the screws offset from center, so turning them increases the amount of pressure, therefor the bend, all the way from none to a big curve.

These scales are from a DD satinedge.

That is a good idea!

Originally Posted by rmagnus

Remember to post a before and after picture. Gotta love a razor with character. Somewhere in the future I want to try and restore a blade like this. Right now my focus is trying not to see the ER using one!

This response is a bit off topic but useful to keep in mind.... I sometimes hand sand a blade while doing something else (watching a ballgame, talking with folks, etc) and have on occasion had the edge of the blade decide it wanted to be near bone again (my finger bones). It's sort of a sickening feeling actually hearing the metal hit my finger bone. Normally I'd drive to the ER to maintain my ER Frequent Flier status, but a few years ago I read in an SRP thread about yet another amazing property of CA (super glue).

After I get a bone slice from a badly behaving blade I'm sanding, I rinse it off with water, apply a bit of alcohol, squeeze the wound together, rinse it off again, dry it, and dab on a bead of CA while maintaining the pressure while it dries. After it dries apply a wider bead of CA to hold the first one in place and continue to squeeze it until that one is dry as well and there's no sign of bleeding. Then I wrap a Bandaid around the finger. Unorthodox I guess, but it works well. So far no stitches from any blades and no infections.

My all-natural food/lifestyle wife thinks I'm probably introducing toxic chemicals into my bloodstream but no adverse effects that I can see. Obviously paying close attention to the sanding process would be a more intelligent approach, but in a pinch the CA certainly stops the bleeders and allow me to get back to hand sanding a few minutes later. Obviously not sanctioned medical advice but it works!

Originally Posted by AirColorado

This response is a bit off topic but useful to keep in mind.... I sometimes hand sand a blade while doing something else (watching a ballgame, talking with folks, etc) and have on occasion had the edge of the blade decide it wanted to be near bone again (my finger bones). It's sort of a sickening feeling actually hearing the metal hit my finger bone. Normally I'd drive to the ER to maintain my ER Frequent Flier status, but a few years ago I read in an SRP thread about yet another amazing property of CA (super glue).

After I get a bone slice from a badly behaving blade I'm sanding, I rinse it off with water, apply a bit of alcohol, squeeze the wound together, rinse it off again, dry it, and dab on a bead of CA while maintaining the pressure while it dries. After it dries apply a wider bead of CA to hold the first one in place and continue to squeeze it until that one is dry as well and there's no sign of bleeding. Then I wrap a Bandaid around the finger. Unorthodox I guess, but it works well. So far no stitches from any blades and no infections.

My all-natural food/lifestyle wife thinks I'm probably introducing toxic chemicals into my bloodstream but no adverse effects that I can see. Obviously paying close attention to the sanding process would be a more intelligent approach, but in a pinch the CA certainly stops the bleeders and allow me to get back to hand sanding a few minutes later. Obviously not sanctioned medical advice but it works!

I learned this trick when I was in the culinary field.
This is also a good time to mention that disinfecting a blade you are about to work on isn't a bad idea.
I would not recommend sanding a blade while thinking/doing something else though.

I do the same..

I may be wrong, but I was told CA's original use was for medics in the field.. rather than trying to stitch a little dab of CA glue closes the wound.

Maybe I should have super glued my finger at home instead of going to hospital a while back lol

Update.
Here is a closeup of the tang lettering thar was found under the rust:

Here is the present condition of the scales.

The inscribed scale is the original front. The back scale is from a similar period and is in almost identical condition. There is a little delamination, staining at the tang pin, and a little warpage. The pin holes line up exactly.
The only difference is the front scale is slightly longer at both ends. This means I have to reduce the size of it by removing some material. The function will not be affected at all. But the question to the owner is, are you ok with that?
Three options here:
Modify the inscribed scale to match the back.
Leave them the way they are, with a slight mismatch front and back( still functional, but a little funny looking, especially at the wedge.)
Or make a new back scale. This of course will affect the look , with an old and a new side by side.