Thread: New to restoration--first time

Picked up this atta boy pretty cheap on eBay. Blade was in good condition just polished it a little and it shined didn't want to take it further in a spot here or there. Scales were cracked so I made some new ones. Basically I had some apple wood branches in the garage.. So some super precision work with a circular saw and a branches mounted In a vise.. I was able to get a few slabs that were somewhat even. Then a bunch of sanding to find out they were too thick.. So then I took a caliper and scored a thickness line on the side and used a hacksaw to cut the pieces to thickness.. Then some more sanding. Finally cut them out, rounded the edges by hand.. Made a wedge out of a nickel. Stained the apple wood with some Cherry minwax I had laying around. First time peening too. Wedge end was pretty easy. The other end not so much. Wound up filling the blade pivot w epoxy due to some play and redrilled. Overall pretty relaxing. Blade centered first try.. scales turned out decent. Let me know what u guys think. Be honest you won't hurt my feelings

Looks like you did a great job for your first time.
It is fun and relaxing when working on straight razors..... I enjoy it when I have the chance.
Keep at it and you'll get better and better!

Looks like you did a great job.

Very nice job with the equipment you had available. Enjoy your handy work with a nice shave!

Very niiice!!!,did you do a collarless pinning ?

Originally Posted by outback

Very niiice!!!,did you do a collarless pinning ?

Not sure what you mean by collarless. I did use the small washers from microfasteners and just peened it pretty much to cover it.. Not sure if it's the right way but it's what I did. My hammer is pretty big too so it's a little difficult to get it right. Not sure if there is a trick to it or if it's just practice

Nice scales. When I made my set out of purple heart I sawed the slabs on the band saw at the butcher shop...........if it can cut even steaks it should cut razor scales.

Saw your shell casing and thought you may have some lead bullets handy. They used lead for wedges also. Than may be easier than a nickle for a wedge. Nice job overall though. I like the look of the scales.


Mike

Originally Posted by Mikebo86

Not sure what you mean by collarless. I did use the small washers from microfasteners and just peened it pretty much to cover it.. Not sure if it's the right way but it's what I did. My hammer is pretty big too so it's a little difficult to get it right. Not sure if there is a trick to it or if it's just practice

I do the same thing with some of my razors. It gives it the look of a razor pinned without collars.
Collars are the washer you see on most razors around the pinn.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Time to start blade 2.. A ja henckels twinworks. Maybe I'll post another post