Thread: Repair of W&B

Here is a Later make Wade & Butcher with pressed horn scales that had a nasty crack. I picked it up for a song (was in a large lot ) and figured I would give it a shot and fix it. At first I had to stabilize the scales as they had started chipping and flaking in spots. Over several days I had the whole razor wrapped in a paper towel soaked in Neatsfoot oil. I didn't de-pin the razor as I didn't want to break the scales.

After soaking I wrapped it in a dry towel to get the extra off. Once it seemed dry I sanded it down lightly to get anything sticking up or loose off. Than I went over that with finer grits till I was happy with how it looked. I'll have to get pics of the scales... oops...

Than I set off to cut the end off. I put the thin cutter wheel on my dremmel and sat in the yard taking my time cutting the front of the razor off. Once that was off I got out the wet/dry sand paper again and rounded off the corners and the flats. All I had was 150 and that took a while haha... I left it with a spike tip as I didn't want to shorten the edge any more than I had to. I could always round it later if it was a problem...

Once I was happy with the above I put the razor in the "To Be Honed" line up and just got to it tonight. Lucky for me the edge was in great shape already, no chips or rot of any kind. I started it on the shapton GS 1k till the bevel was set, about 10 minutes. Once there I decided to get out Grandpa's Coticule, I was feeling like it needed use. About 30 passes on the BBW with water and I was happy with the edge, all my apprehension about the inclusion on it went away. I did about the same on the coticule side and took it to the strop. 60 passes and it was popping hairs