Thread: What are you working on?

Ditched all plans this evening to work on the scales for the Post Shear Co SR. i epoxied these over the weekend. Ziricote, white spacer, aluminum spacer, black liner. I dont remember the material widths but right now i have them sanded down to about 2.8 on the belt sander. Gonna do the rest by hand. I think I'm shooting for about 2.25 in the center, slightly tapered at the ends. This time i cut the aluminum right and had a new belt in the sander so the epoxy didn't melt mid grind and disassemble in my hands like the first time.


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Nice work there, Matt

Sanding away on th JR diamond edge I almost walked away from..... I know, not sure why I did. But at least I came to my senses and went back and got it.

Working on a big old Puma from the 20's or 30's.
Did I say big? The top razor is a nice Gong 13/16+!



It is SO long that the only set of scales I had to fit it are these old aluminum ones. I am certain most scales like this were replacement scales. Lots of them are large so they will fit anything and I have seen LOTS with pivot holes drilled wonky, Someone drilled 2 holes in one of these!

A new product to me is these rosette collars from AJKeene.
Using the silver ones here will hide that other pin-hole.



A test-fit looks pretty good!

Oh that's soooo cool Tom. Can't say I've seen a Puma that old. Is it 8/8??

Done sanding. Around 2.4 finished. Got the aluminum to peek out a little when viewed from the side.





Gonna try a CA finish when i have time..

Looking GOOD, Matt! You seem to be a natural at scales!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Oh that's soooo cool Tom. And say I've seen a Puma that old. Is it 8/8??

No, but over 7/8 and close to 15/16. My favorite size!
I put a thread on 'razors' asking about age. Several popped-up!

So I am going at this set of scales with a progression of worn micromesh. The buffer will do a number, but it blows out the engraving.
Going down through all the grits and hand-polishing gives a better job, I think.



These new collars from Austin are neat! They come in silver and brass with undercollars. I polished one of each at the buffer with a pin-vise so I could show them as-polished. The top ones are polished, of course!



I will round-file the top pin holes to align more toward the middle (where they should be) going toward the tip a bit.
Then, file them to fit some of Babur's through-collars for undercollars at the top to take up slop (at right).



Hey! It's a plan!

Funny how we have a pile to restore and we jump all over the latest acquisition, eh, Andrew? EH??

My mess...

Sharptonn !!! Considering this same razor has been posted TWICE before,, is it safe to assume we will see it AGAIN in the restoration thread & the SOTD thread ????