Thread: George wostenholm

Just got my new wosty in the mail.

Gonna be a full restore Job. Blade sanded and new scales and wedge.
So here are the as of now pictures.



Not bad for 12$

ummmm What's wrong with the old scales ?

i have one similar and it's my favorite. shaves like a dream. those scales look like they should clean up nicely if you should choose. congratulations on the great deal!

Originally Posted by 10Pups

ummmm What's wrong with the old scales ?

there are deep pock marks on one piece and a large crack in the other.

if you can give me a suggestion to repair them I'm all for keeping them. otherwise I was going to get some jigged bone or streaked horn.

Good luck - will be following your work here. Maybe do a search for horn scale repair - there are some good posts. I've had good luck with grinding up some parent material into CA or other glue but that was for wood. I've got cracks in that one I'm doing now too so I'm in the same boat. But gonna try and repair them.

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Good luck - will be following your work here. Maybe do a search for horn scale repair - there are some good posts. I've had good luck with grinding up some parent material into CA or other glue but that was for wood. I've got cracks in that one I'm doing now too so I'm in the same boat. But gonna try and repair them.

I'll give that a try. the pitting is really deep. and a lot of pits. but hey worth a shot. safe me a lot of time making scales.

Naturally it's your call, and maybe I'm misreading the pictures, but with the way the heel of that blade looks, I wouldn't put the effort into restoring it. Seems like the blade has been worn quite close to the stabilizer and the taper of the blade from toe to heel looks off, and it's been my experience that you usually have to hone into it a fair bit to get the bevel properly set.

Ca glue the crack and Epoxy the pits. The thing is , if you learn to repair them, then 1 day when you pick up 1 with pressed scales and nice art work you can save it. If you don't succeed what have you lost ? Nothing, just learned more for next try :<0)

Like H4P says, you got some work cut for ya fixing that blade.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Naturally it's your call, and maybe I'm misreading the pictures, but with the way the heel of that blade looks, I wouldn't put the effort into restoring it. Seems like the blade has been worn quite close to the stabilizer and the taper of the blade from toe to heel looks off, and it's been my experience that you usually have to hone into it a fair bit to get the bevel properly set.

no argument. there the taper is about a 1/16th between heel and toe. and it is honed right up to the stabilizer.

maybe I'm crazy but I figured I could just relax the stabilizer and maybe reshape the heel to put my bevel out on front of the shoulder instead of right below it.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Ca glue the crack and Epoxy the pits. The thing is , if you learn to repair them, then 1 day when you pick up 1 with pressed scales and nice art work you can save it. If you don't succeed what have you lost ? Nothing, just learned more for next try :<0)

I'll have to give that a whirl. any suggestions on type of epoxy?