Thread: This is my first project, Iowa Barber Supply Co.

These are some bad cell pics but its what I got, Far as I can tell it is 4/8 does not seem honed out, hone wear seems even across spine. A couple tiny dings in the edge and a broken scale. I am going to try and make some clear scales and get her all sanded up nice. This was found in a co workers garage and given to me pretty stoked!

Well these are at least maybe bigger pictures I am horrible with any camera.

Looks good, should clean up nicely.

Are you going to reuse the bolsters, they look nice, is that a separate collar or part of the bolster?

Some acetone will get them off in one piece.

I am not going to re use the bolsters. It is a separate collar. So far it seems to be cleaning up well

Well here we are a couple days later and this is what I ended up with for my first "restore". It is nothing fancy but for what I had I am not complaining. 1/8 " lexan scraps, brass micro fasteners and hand sanding most everything. The black spots that are on the blade I could not get to budge so I left them. I was a bit tentative with this because I don't want to get heavy handed and damage anything but again I am happy I like it. Please feel free to clue me in on how I can do better next time constructive criticism is always appreciated Thanks for all the advice from you fine helpful folks

That looks pretty darn for a first time. You should be proud of yourself!
You saved a vintage razor. Now get the puppy honed up and use it!
You can't always remove all the "ugly" areas unless you buff it like mad and then you have nice shiny pitted areas.
How does the edge look? You need to look for any pitting or rust that might be in edge area..... Then means more work to get to clean usable steel to have a nice edge.

Alot can be made by hand.
But a scroll or band saw is the biggest helper for making scales. But can be done with a coping saw.
Heres a little tool I made for making wedges, and I dont have a belt sander.

I like that idea my finger got hot a couple times in my attempts ;D Thank you for sharing I will have to give that a try