Thread: I love antique shops!

My first restoration. I didn't bother with any "before" shots.

Standard dingy blade, with a ~1mm chip out of the edge, and some significant rust where the blade contacted the old set of scales.
Sanded out the chip (glass plate & sandpaper method), sanded off the rust.
New scales are walnut with countersunk bolt & nuts.

Worked on it during lunchtimes (there were some lunches that were longer than others... )


Shaved with it last night

Still needs a bit of refinement in finish and in edge quality, but it did manage to get me BBS.

Nice

Man, every time I see a set of handmade wood scales, it makes like them even more! What kind of wood is that?

And are you selling the razor?

Originally Posted by kasperitis

Man, every time I see a set of handmade wood scales, it makes like them even more! What kind of wood is that?

And are you selling the razor?

They are walnut.

I may put it up for sale once I get my next one.... unless you make me an offer I can't refuse!

I have a gun, a shovel, and LOTS of wooded land.

Should I just give you the shipping address then?

Just send on of "your boyz" around to pick it up. And tell them to go easy on my kneecaps!

Next up will be a rescaling of my Henckles:


I'm thinking maple for this one.