Thread: So far so good.

Some of you might remember this from http://straightrazorpalace.com/aucti...-too-much.html
Plenty of elbow grease and #180 grit to start off with :




Black rust is never good, but I'm happy to say it's not insurmountable and the blade is salvageable
I'm going to work my way up to #2500 grit and see how it turns out.

Bongo

Very nice work. She is ready for the prom. Well done.

Luis

Great job. Keep up the great work.

Looks like it's cleaning up nicely. Good looking razor!

Are you putting the original scales back on? It is looking good.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Are you putting the original scales back on? It is looking good.

Ed, I really want the original scales back on as they're unique.
It will take some major work, but I believe they're salvageable.

Originally Posted by bongo

Ed, I really want the original scales back on as they're unique.
It will take some major work, but I believe they're salvageable.

Is that a crack by the non pivot pin? I agree that with some work you should be able to save them, but I am no expert. Perhaps just a minimal restore on them?

Ed there are two broken pieces that have been re-glued back rather shoddily in the past, so I'll have to grind down some spare black horn I have,
mix with epoxy,fill the cracks, sand and possibly repeat the process until all is well.

Then, (at the risk of upsetting the purists !) I will pick out the lettering with
some metallic gold enamel paint I have and sand again. The lead wedge is now nice and shiny, so that will go back as well.

I wondered what you were going to do with the lettering, now I know. It will be as close as you can get without buying gold leaf or whatever they used to use.
Will the paint sand off cleanly, or is there a chance of it contaminating the black areas, ie getting little bits of paint dust embedded in the horn?

It should be all right.
In the meantime, despite the camera showing up all the leftover scratches,
this is actually a (more or less) mirror finish in the light,
courtesy of 180,240,320,400,600,800,1000,1200,1500,2000,2500 grit wet'n'dry.