Thread: WB clean up

This one is going to be nice when I get it cleaned up.

Could be a fine shaver. The one thing that I notice is the scale width up close to the pivot. Looks more like what you would see on a thinner blade. JMO.

Thats a nice razor for sure. Generally speaking those W&B's are well worth the effort to clean up. Nice find!!

A great blade for restoration.
There were a few makers utilizing that type of grind at one time or another.

Nice. I don't know, those scales look right to me.

Pretty sure they are not the right scales. They open very tight

Originally Posted by Cattleman02

Pretty sure they are not the right scales. They open very tight

If you get us close up clear pics of the pins at pivot vs wedge, we can probably tell

Tightness is normally from Crud, a shot of "WD-40" will loosen up the action, you want them tight but not so tight you fear breaking them

Floss them washers too while your at it !

Tight is good and does not mean the scales are wrong. They may not be original but they are not "wrong," for the blade.

Unlikely that one has a model name or number. That was not so common to name them when that one was made. Model numbers were.more of a 20th century trend.

Yes, closer pics would be helpful.

Looking closer it seems this may be a reground Celebrated Hollow Ground or FBU. Look at the step in the tang under the stamp (red arrow).


That looks like it may have been reshaped . Also the scale looks like it might have hit the wheel or belt (green arrow).

Again hard to tell without closer pics.