First Restore - J. Wostenholm

**The Dude** · 12-11-2008, 06:03 PM

As the title says, this is my first restoration. I'm only going to post a few before and after pictures, but in my profile album, i have pictures of each grit along the progression. The last 2 pics are with 2 applications of MAAS metal polish. It needs more apps but i got anxious to hone so i started setting a bevel on it last night.

Anyhow, since the razor is over 150 years old, i wanted to preserve the scales and since there is a crack on the backside, exactly along the pivot pin, i did not want to punch the pin out for fear of splitting the scale, so i covered the areas on the scales that may be hit by sandpaper with electrical tape. I did the same for the inside of the scales when getting the spine and belly around the tang. To do so, i just put sandpaper around a cedar shim cut to desired thickness.

I will post more pictures around Xmas when i get my new camera which will be better than any of the ones used for these pictures. Also, it will be honed around then when i get my new Coticule at Xmas as well.

Anyhow, here we go...
The Maas are the ones with the PBR, the other finished are just after 2000 grit.... all was done by hand.

**The Dude** · 12-11-2008, 06:05 PM

Also, sorry for the pictures, the highest there is 5 mega pixels, and my angles still leave something to be desired. Also, a dirty kitchen is not the best place to take pictures.

**hoglahoo** · 12-11-2008, 08:21 PM

The blade looks GREAT!
nice job

**jszabo** · 12-12-2008, 05:36 PM

looks good

**bjorn** · 12-12-2008, 10:10 PM

Looks great,. should be a great shaver ones it's honed up!
On the before pic's there seems to be som chips on the scales, if you fill them with CA and sand them it'll look better.

**alex2363** · 12-12-2008, 10:17 PM

how did you get them scales looking new, nice

**The Dude** · 12-13-2008, 02:57 PM

Those arent chips, they are colorful splinters inside the horn scales. But i will use that if i do chip em

Also, the scales look even better now (Alex: the scales in the i havent done anything to them yet), i got the dark colorations out of the scales, it was from where the tang rubbed inside of the scales, all it took was my scraping blade. You cant sand them because they will look milky forever if you do.

I will take better pics at xmas, that will show what im talking about, as well as a picture of what im talking about using the cedar shim.

And thanks for the replies guys.

**bpave777** · 12-13-2008, 04:56 PM

Great job Duder! That sure is a pretty blade.

**Maximilian** · 12-13-2008, 05:25 PM

El Duderino,

Hermoso!

Job well done,

**ShotgunLuckey** · 12-23-2008, 02:10 AM

That blade is really looking nice....Good Job

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