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03-14-2007, 03:09 PM #1MOD and Giveaway Dude
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Restoring a Razor for a new member.
Mark Cantrell, whom is one of our new members, was trying to remove the scales from his razor that he bought off eBay. In trying to drill out a pin he slipped and gouged the scales which I am sure many have done, me included. He asked for help in fixing the gouged area and Lynn referred him to me.
For a reasonable fee I did the following: I repaired the gouged area as best I could and asked Mark if I could put CA (superglue) on the scales and he agreed. I put brass bullseye collars on the scales with brass pins. I also tried three times to hone the blade and got it so that it would shave kind of OK but not to my specs. So I replaced the blade with a notched W & B blade which was the same kind that came on his razor anyway except for the notch. This one he will like better as it does shave well and looks nicer.
The pics are: #1 original razor; #2 & #3 restored razor; #4 shows the blade shank and the bullseye collars with the repaired area just to the right of the collars; #5 the repaired area at the bottom of the bullseye collars.
Hopefully this little bit of help will keep Mark around the SRP forum for some time to come and also hoping he has a more enjoyable shave with this razor.
Last edited by str8razor; 03-14-2007 at 03:52 PM.
engine46 likes this.if anything has been abnormal for a long enough period it then becomes normal.
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03-14-2007, 04:32 PM #2Senior Member
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Wow, very nice indeed.
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03-14-2007, 04:44 PM #3Senior Member
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May I ask what this fine work would cost.
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03-14-2007, 05:49 PM #4Loudmouth
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Nice work Bill
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03-15-2007, 01:11 AM #5Member
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Id say thats great work!!
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03-15-2007, 02:00 AM #6Super Shaver
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That looks like how its supposed to be done. Very nice.
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03-15-2007, 02:17 AM #7
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I just love it when our members can do stuff like this......
Niiiiiiice.
Lynn
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03-16-2007, 12:01 PM #8Junior Member
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When Bill sent me pictures of the restored razor, I was absolutely amazed. My wife was even impressed and said it was really beautiful. She thinks I've completely lost my mind for wanting to shave with a straight and is trying to not be "an enabler" in my sickness.
Bill, Thank you for your great work.
I can't wait till I receive this and get to shave with it.
Mark
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03-16-2007, 12:52 PM #9Loudmouth
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Mark, tell your wife that if a guy like Bill Watkins -- the guy who turned it into this thing of beauty -- shaves with a straight and gets close and ultra-comfortable shaves, her hubby will be able to handle it as well.
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03-16-2007, 01:38 PM #10MOD and Giveaway Dude
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Watch it now.....................I will send the razor gods to haunt you.
if anything has been abnormal for a long enough period it then becomes normal.
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