Thread: First restoration on a vintage straight

I found a Wade & Butcher straight that was a good candidate for restoration I was comfortable with. It needed about .200" removed from the toe and new scales. The chipped toe was done with a dremel and came out nice and without a lot of work. The scales were done in camel bone from Ajkenne and are comming out very nice. I decided I was going to use brass so I need to order some brass pins from Aj and the wedge I have a piece I am working on. Looking good so far, wish me luck please!

Good luck. Cutting them off is not too much trouble, just be sure to polish those edges as it will scratch a strop easy. So be very careful running it on a strop the first time. Check it out easy at first.

Bone is my favourite material to work with.
Good luck, so it’s looking great.

good luck! please share more pix on progress and finished product.

I love bone scales, but it is a tough material to work with. There is very little flex to it, so you need to taper the wedge just right to make it all sit just right.

I always forget to take pictures of of my projects at the begining. Mostly stones that clean up to be something good. Then I'm like this is getting good I need to take a picture, Lol!
The camel bone is a nice material and is comming along nicely. I decided to go with a brass wedge and brass pins and washers. It goes good on W&B's in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

I found a Wade & Butcher straight that was a good candidate for restoration I was comfortable with. It needed about .200" removed from the toe and new scales. The chipped toe was done with a dremel and came out nice and without a lot of work. The scales were done in camel bone from Ajkenne and are comming out very nice. I decided I was going to use brass so I need to order some brass pins from Aj and the wedge I have a piece I am working on. Looking good so far, wish me luck please!

though I never try to or yet needed to restore the SR! I am excited to see how would do it, can you able to share? anyhow Best of luck for the restoration!

I have a new restoration in the future I will try and document each step a little better.

That's looking really nice!. I'd vote for the red on the wedge just to have it stand out a bit, but brass would have a timeless classy look. I don't think you'll go wrong with either choice.

Got a piece of brass to make some wedges and it got me thinking I could make some scales too. That is a whole other project. Lol!
Still want a piece of red plastic of somekind to make my final choice.
Dont know how the stones got on there but hey.