Thread: What are you working on?

The weight feels great in the hand and allows the razor to do the work

Speaking of amazing saves, I wish I could restore this butchered Wade & Butcher:





I have a soft spot for lost causes but this one looks pretty tough. Someone ground the hump off the tang -- you can barely see the 'R' from Wade & Butcher, and you can kind of make out the end of the arrow and the Maltese cross under 'Sheffield'...

Maybe we should have a 'bring out your dead' day, where we all show the most horrendously rusty razors we've picked up thinking that maybe, just maybe we could bring them back.

I'll bet the razor does do the work, looks like brass weights hanging at the pivot. Scales are neat though.

Thank you!

Sorry I'm new to forums and trying to figure it all out please be patient with me. There is some beautiful and interesting things here alongside with lots of knowledge

Cleaned up another Cabbage Cutter. This David Doubis 61 was in good shape, but the scales needed some love. Soaked them in neatsfoot oil, sanded and polished. The blade was buffed with green and white rouge. I think I'll hold off on honing this one as well, until my new(to me) Coticule arrives. I always enjoy cleaning up old horn scales from France. They usually have some nice streaks that come out on the buffer. The coloring makes them look kind of dull in the picture but they're actually nice and glassy.

Jmabuse, I think that back in the day there were people that would regrind razors, I have seen a few, apparently not all of them were good at it.

BeJay I think if you want to have a good selection of blades to use when that coti shows up you better not hone too many before it shows. There is nothing worse than the feeling of killing a perfect shaving edge so you can use a new hone.

ShavingParlor, those are great scales. I like the concept but those bolts would have me using something else. There are some very nice low profile nuts ands bolts available from knif shops. They do use Allen keys but those look like they would ruin the handling of your razor.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Jmabuse, I think that back in the day there were people that would regrind razors, I have seen a few, apparently not all of them were good at it.

BeJay I think if you want to have a good selection of blades to use when that coti shows up you better not hone too many before it shows. There is nothing worse than the feeling of killing a perfect shaving edge so you can use a new hone.

ShavingParlor, those are great scales. I like the concept but those bolts would have me using something else. There are some very nice low profile nuts ands bolts available from knif shops. They do use Allen keys but those look like they would ruin the handling of your razor.

Yeah I like the scales but the bolts do kinda spoil the look a bit for me, Something less pronounced would work better with fancy scales like that. Just my opinion of course.

Originally Posted by ShavingParlor

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The top blade is a John Creswick with a busted rear scale. The bottom is a James Barlow with a busted toe. I'm going to restore the Creswick and put it in the Barlow scales. The Barlow will be a project for another day. I could have some fun Reprofiling that toe.

Any info on John Creswick(Sheffield) would be appreciated. I've found references to James Creswick and Thomas John Creswick, but no John.

Also to the left is a bag of junk blades. Who's making wind chimes?