Thread: First restoration

I bought an Ebay razor and unpinned it, cleaned it up, put Ebony scales on it, and honed it to shave ready +.

It it is a Signal razor made by John Sellers & Sons in Sheffield, England around 1890-1900. The blade only measures 2 1/2 inches instead of 3 and it reminds me of a Mustang the way it looks. An advertisement for Signal razors states "Signal razors are made from a superior quality of steel" and it is by far the sharpest and smoothest razor I have. I love the razor and had fun making it all shiny and new looking. Much cheaper and more fun with a cooler history than buying brand new. I have to thank Phrank for the encouragement to buy off ebay instead of new. Hopefully I will be satisfied for a while now

After a nice restore like that you are going to take a break from getting some more to fix up?
You are a better man than me...

Lol. The wife says so.

Originally Posted by Steel

Lol. The wife says so.

Pffttt... What does she know about RAD?

Excellent job Steel! Looks awesome! Do you have a before pic? Man that looks sweet....

Those scales look very nice! Did you shape and finish them yourself? What is the wedge material?

No Phrank I don't have any before pics. The blade only took some light sanding (600 and 1200 grit) and then some maas polish. The scales were a cheap mustard yellow that had marks where they were melted (hot pin test?) so I just replaced them with the ebony ones. When I got the blade it was so dull it wouldn't cut skin and definitely not hair so I set the bevel on a medium stone I have for knives and then used a slurry on my Guangxi and spent the better part of an afternoon with that diluting down to clear water. Got the blade smooth and sharp and that was about it. Pretty easy but good practice. Now it's by far my best blade and it cost me more time than money and not too much time either.

Twistedoak- I did not make the scales. They came already shaped and as far as I know with no finish just plain wood. I just drilled the old pins and removed the old scales and re-pinned the ebony ones. My next adventure down the road will be to get some slabs of horn and have a go at making some from scratch. But I am very happy with these ones. I was thinking of finishing these with CA but chose not too because I prefer the feel of the wood to a plastic feel. The wedge is faux ivory AKA plastic. Lol. Another thought for down the road is to inlay an M in mother of pearl but for now I'm just gonna shave with them.

Originally Posted by Steel

but for now I'm just gonna shave with them.

Sounds like the best idea

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

Sounds like the best idea

Had one of my best shaves this morning with this blade. Of course that is most definitely biased but hey a great shave none-the-less.

Chevhead:You maybe right. Shhhhhhh. I am already eyeing up some new buffer wheels for the dremmel. I think I will make some horn scales and put them on my GD. Right after I buff out the ""gold dollar" etching on the blade. Lol.