Thread: New restoration in progress

Hi,

Been a while since I've been on here, but the razor bug bit me again and I managed to acquire 4 blades from ebay (I was on the verge of getting a lot of 10 when my wife stopped me).

Naturally one of the blades was missing a substantial chip at the toe, and when I got it the rust was worse than I expected from looking at the pictures.

So here is how I got it:




After some work with a razor blade, scotch brite pad, and MAAS, I made it look like this:



The tang reads Henry Martin Hamburg on one side and Theo A Kochs Co Chicago Made In Germany on the other side. A little time with a dremel, and after some wood selection and sanding, I have arrived at this point:




Scales are padauk.

I managed to save the original (lead?) wedge from the scales, and now I find myself at a dilemma.

If you look at the second to last picture, with the paper scale template showing, there are two dots at the wedge end. The one on the left is where I had originally intended to place the pin, but the dot on the right is where the pin has to go if I use the original wedge (which I would like to do).

My question is, will the razor pin properly if I use the original wedge and put the pin that far from the end of the scales?

I appreciate any help/input!

excited to see these come along.

I've trued up the scale profile and gotten rid of the tool marks. It's now mocked up using the original wedge. I'll need to trim it a little to fit, and modify the scale shape a little,
but it's getting there.




Next I have to thin out the scales so they'll flex correctly, they're way to thick right now.

Also, big thanks to Gasman, I wouldn't have been able to do the mock-up without the micro hardware.