Thread: Restoration for One of the "Other Guys"

So after a few years of honing and restoring literally thousands of razors today was a first for me...
I got in a work request from one of the "Other Guys" those guys out there that only collect razors for the unique scales... (TY Dllandry for the referral)

He sent 5 sets of special scales and 10 or so razors, his words "I sent some extra blades, use whichever fits best with each set of scales" No sharpening didn't even care about me polishing off the rust and stains just wanted me to treat the scales like special golden eggs...
Well I very very carefully broke them all down, fit the blades to them, still polished off all the rust and staining (just could not stop myself) and put them all very carefully and very gently back together...

I talked with him a bit on the phone, over the last couple of weeks, and learned a bit about what they look for... Also learned that this switching of scales has been going on for quite a long time.. This one guy has over 1300 razors, and has been collecting for decades...
I also found out that many of these very special scales are not connected to a razor company they were made by the scale company and sold to not only the Razor companies but also to Barber supply shops as replacement scales...
So I guess the Restoration/Customization game has been around for awhile...
Anyway here is a pic of the ones I did today,,, BTW the two sets of metal scales are stamped "Sterling"