Thread: New project blades

Found these in box of junk from estate sale. Sorry for the terrible pix really need a good camera or phone but my RAD won't let me. A Silver Steel wedge and a Wade and Butcher 7/8. Never seen this one before. Anyone else? Anyhow I'll try to get better pix as the work progresses. Not locked into anything scale wise so I'm taking suggestions.

Ideas:
The shape of the wedge is my favorite for the shaving of my face. Make the scales a comfortable width at the pivot. Horn is good for both and a dark acrylic would do very well. They both would do with a fairly blunt squared wedge end.
Here are a couple I did a few years back. Horn and a Burl gunstock.

~Richard

Those are beautiful man. The gunstock is especially nice. I have some black horn I might go with just don't know. Lots of polishing to go yet.

Here's one a fellow member here did, TheGentlemansDen, an example of some black horn and his great design of the scales to suit the blade:

I think I have the same blade as the Silversteel wedge. It is severely pitted.
The icon was not stamped well as I only see 1/2 if the crown and an R on the bottom right of the crown.

Would you mind taking another pic and posting it up?

Thanks,
Dave

Originally Posted by Geezer

Ideas:
The shape of the wedge is my favorite for the shaving of my face. Make the scales a comfortable width at the pivot. Horn is good for both and a dark acrylic would do very well. They both would do with a fairly blunt squared wedge end.
Here are a couple I did a few years back. Horn and a Burl gunstock.

~Richard

Just beautiful restorations Richard. Both look like they could have been hand polished by a century ago artisan. Just beautiful.

Sorry about the picture quality, cheap camera and no experience taking picures like this. It is stamped Silver Steel V R. From my research it is for the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) and made between those dates.

Originally Posted by Andy77

Just beautiful restorations Richard. Both look like they could have been hand polished by a century ago artisan. Just beautiful.

Good eye!
The finish is hand rubbed with pumice after polishing which gives the soft glow rather than the brilliant polish.
Have Fun!
~Richard

For some reason, my Mac won't load your pictures. Wierd. I will just assume they are awesome. And here they are in my reply. Glad I got to see them. Thanks, Richard.
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Originally Posted by Geezer

Ideas:
The shape of the wedge is my favorite for the shaving of my face. Make the scales a comfortable width at the pivot. Horn is good for both and a dark acrylic would do very well. They both would do with a fairly blunt squared wedge end.
Here are a couple I did a few years back. Horn and a Burl gunstock.

~Richard