Thread: Frederic Reynolds

here is the day's work;




i'd like to have your ideas about the wedge after repaired.

Fantastic job saving that one! Did you repair the scales with CA? Frederick Reynolds are some of the finest shaving Sheffield razors around. I have a 5/8 near wedge in bone scales, a 7/8 near wedge in Cocobolo and a 'Gentleman's Razor' with barber notch in Alternative Ivory. I've been thinning the herd a little at a time and those three are never considered for selling. Enjoy the shave!

It is an interesting razor. It makes me think it has been reground and the toe modified. The distance from the toe to the end of the scale in the before seems a little far, and it looks like you have used that to your advantage and shortened the scale and made a nice save on both the blade and scales. The wedge looks odd on the down shot, number one in the afters. I'm not sure what is going on with it. It looks normal in the other shots. I also agree that they are rather excellent razors.

i thought the same thing if the blade is shortened, i don't know if it's done, it's well done.

for the scales, the toe/heel of the scales are filled. at the first place there was no wedge seperated part but on both scales. at i shortened the scales to repair the broken part, these filled parts are mostly lost, (in the second picture, it seems there is still some at the heel) but as i re-pinned up i had to put something to support the scales for not break them while pinning up.

(woah i hope i could explained well. tell me if it is not clear, i will retry )

I see. I think I understand. I likely would have made a traditional full wedge out of lead to support that repaired area to the scale, and in doing so flattened the inside of the scale. It doesn't really matter, there is always more than one way of getting the job done. The point is you save one and did a decent job of it.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I see. I think I understand. I likely would have made a traditional full wedge out of lead to support that repaired area to the scale, and in doing so flattened the inside of the scale. It doesn't really matter, there is always more than one way of getting the job done. The point is you save one and did a decent job of it.

i will see for a complete wedge. if i do it i will need to sand down inside of scales. (i may make some new scales but not soon).