Thread: Filarmonica #12 restore & rescale

I Bought this one in a flea market for 7.5 Euros. It has a 4/8 blade.
Was in crap condition. It was rusted and pitted in several spots.
The sanding has removed the gold seal completely. It has removed almost every spot. There are some few remaining spots left that I haven't removed (as you can see in image nr 2), but after polishing it the overall result is great - the razor is now a neat slim and lightweight razor.
The scales are from Alex (Philadelph) and the pins are from razor-handles.de.
I present you my first restoration job and would like to get some opinions from you gents.

I like it! I love the Filli's and your's looks great. I like the color choice of the scales and the blade looks real nice.

Sometimes it's hard to get all of the pitting and stuff off...I'm starting to get to where I'll get the blades sanded down to where they look presentable instead of spending all of the extra effort on them. I'm getting to where I prefer more of a work-horse instead of a show-horse.

Great job!
-Pary

Very nice looking razor,,,good work.

Originally Posted by Rusty Shackleford

Sometimes it's hard to get all of the pitting and stuff off...I'm starting to get to where I'll get the blades sanded down to where they look presentable instead of spending all of the extra effort on them. I'm getting to where I prefer more of a work-horse instead of a show-horse.

+1! I feel the same way lately. No problem with mirror shine, it looks fantastic on razors, but it hasn't really been worth the extra effort since after all, the finish won't be shaving you.

Anyway, back on topic... Leon I think it looks great! I'm glad to see the final product after trying to figure out those scales for so long! Very nice!

Nice! Keep up the good work!

In Portuguese first:

Fantástico! Está com excelente aspecto, sem dúvida. Parece novinha em folha... aposto que tiveste muito trabalho com ela! Hei-de contactar-te para saber o que fizeste com ela. Além disso, foi um excelente negócio!
Parabéns!

and now, in english:

Fantastic! It looks great, no doubt about it. It looks brand new... I bet you went through a lot of trouble with it! I'll contact you to know what you did with it. Plus, it was a great deal!
Congratulations!

Hi Leon, wow, nice razor

Hope to se more from you

Thank you all for your warm replies.

I'm already planning my second resto - a Wade & Butcher "Bow" razor.

This time I'm going to make things harder:
- I'll make my own spacer (still thinking about the material I'll use)
- I'll put a 3rd pin in the scales.

When I'm done, you'll hear about it.

Looking forward to it!

Maybe I can help out?...