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08-19-2010, 02:25 PM #1At this point in time...
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W.G. Wilton "Celebrated Razor" Big ole Chopper
This is going to be a very special re-build on this oldie moldie...
Here are some before pics
And some after the initial polishing to see what is really under there...
A little hint about the outcome of this re-build
http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...a-meet-up.htmlGeezer likes this.
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08-19-2010, 02:35 PM #2
That looks like its going to be a sweet razor once its cleaned up..!
I love the way the scales are held together at one end with a screw lol! I dont need no modern pins, I gots me a woodscrew.
Man, do I wish I was coming to that meet now..!
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08-19-2010, 07:14 PM #3Senior Member
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That'll be one sweet shaver when she's done.
#1 What's the plan for the scales?
#2 How much does it weigh??
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08-19-2010, 07:45 PM #4Comfortably Numb
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oooooh... that's going to be a nice one. Can't wait to see what you do Glen.
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08-19-2010, 09:20 PM #5This is not my actual head.
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I hope you're planning on dressing it in something that looks like it could have been made in the time the blade was manufactured. I would love to see that old blade fixed back up to it's original glory.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
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08-19-2010, 09:59 PM #6At this point in time...
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I have a PM in to the 3 guys that might be able to get me some info on the Maker so I have some ideas of what I might do, but nothing definite yet... Right now I have some very dense Thuya Burl layed up for scales but haven't made up my mind yet if I am even using it ..
I have it polished out but still have some very minor pitting showing, so I might leave it, or might go a bit heavier and try and take it all out....
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08-19-2010, 10:04 PM #7Lookin like a crim
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That looks like its going to be a fun one to restore. I'm sure it'll make a nice before and after comparison.
"I aint like that no more...my wife, she cured me of drinking and wickedness"
Clint Eastwood as William Munny in Unforgiven
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08-19-2010, 10:09 PM #8Cream Huffer
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that spalted maple it is sitting on in the pictures might make some nice scales.
You going to keep us in suspense until the meet?
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08-19-2010, 10:18 PM #9At this point in time...
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Originally Posted by dnjrboy
Heck no man... that would just be mean I'll post up pics as it goes...
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08-20-2010, 12:19 AM #10Senior Member
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Hi Glen - haven't found anything useful, really, other than there was an Ironmerchant of that name in Redruth, Cornwall, England. His premises were burned down in 1890, but the business had been there for generations. Originally Posted by gssixgun
However, I think that it could be "W. C. Wilton" possibly from Maine, USA.
Regards,
Neil
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