Thread: Wade and Butcher's Celebrated Razor.

So I picked this razor up at an antique store that never fails me for razors. I got it for $15. The scales are pretty beat up and the edge of the blade can actually be felt when it is closed. There is a lot of patina on it but not too bad on the pitting. The edge was surprisingly clean all the way through. I took it home and honed it up immediately and it actually went really quickly. I was very surprised that it took an edge that well and easily. I am going to do a full restore polishing up the blade and replacing the scales. I usually like to keep the patina if it isn't too bad but I felt like doing something different as it doesn't seem to have too bad of pitting. Like I said the scales are pretty shot so I am going to redo them in cola de pavo burl. I am not familiar with this wood but the figure is nice and I have had two pieces laying around for quite a while. I would really like to engrave the wood just like how the original scales are but we'll see how that goes. In the letters, when its wet it looks like there was a gold paint or something in there. Does anyone know if this was the case or am I just seeing things. Any ways I already popped the scales and started on sanding the blade.

Well I feel like this will be a long project for me as I don't really have all the time nor the tools to complete these projects in a timely manner. Anyways I will keep you guys updated with my results as they come. Oh yeah as for the shave, it was phenomenal. And here's the pics, sorry they are upside down. I don't know why my computer does this. They are right side up until I upload them