Thread: Advice needed on this Judge Henry Lummus, Wade & Butcher

Originally Posted by AntiqueHoosier

My personal Henry Lummus Rodgers in horn with "crop circles" arrived yesterday...

If he used Braille that would be a letter "p" on the left and depending on whehter the pin is counted or not, it might be an "e" a "5" or a "ch".

Well I took my time with this one and there was alot more work in this than meets the eye.

I put around 4-5 hours of handsanding into the blade, couldnt get all the pitting out but I am satisfied with results.

The scales were first straightened by soaking in near boiling water and then taped to a slightly curved former and left to cool.
Next I got some enamal paint in red and white and went over the dots and writing to accentuate the 'code'
The scales were cracked at the pivot and this has been fixed and strengthened with superglue.
When I was re pinning I also cracked the scales in another location so had to fix that too (tip: bone is very brittle, go easy with the peening hammer!)

I then lightly sanded the scales and applied a coat of Tru Oil which was then buffed.

I think this has turned out to be a fine investment!

Oh by the way...it shaves lovely!!
(phone cam pics, I cant find my decent camera?)

Nice work. It is amazing what one can do with hard work an patience.

No need for the 'Decent Camera'! Great Job! You should be proud of yourself! However, when you do find the decent camera be sure to take really nice pics to print and hang on the wall for bragging rights! Again! Nice Job!!

Well done, excellent work. Have fun!

Excellent restore. I was so worried about un-pinning my lummus razor for restore and definitely took my time. Unfortunately mine doesn't have the red dots, just the number scrolled in the back. I did win it from the Doyle auction though.

Originally Posted by Harvitz81

Excellent restore. I was so worried about un-pinning my lummus razor for restore and definitely took my time. Unfortunately mine doesn't have the red dots, just the number scrolled in the back. I did win it from the Doyle auction though.

I won 4 from the Lummus collection. I did further crack 2 sets of the scales trying to un-pin. I did save the scales to eventually have a custom set made in the same shape. 2 of mine have the dots, but all 4 are engraved with his numbering system. Here's an article I found by Lummus if anyone is interested. http://www.anwealde.com/razors/bothlummus.pdf

Everything I can find out about Henry P. Lummus is about the razor articles, but a He ry Lummus was a member of the Massachussetts Supreme Court sometime after 1827. So are some about a Henry T(for Tilton) Lummus, 1876-1960.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry T is the only one who appears in a BookFinder.com: Search for New & Used Books, Textbooks, Out-of-Print and Rare Books search, for legal texts.

I don't know whether this is someone's typo being perpetuated by others, or whether there were two Lummuses. But both point pretty squarely at a legal family in Massachussetts. I once worked in Saudi Arabia with an English language teacher, a worthless ne'er-do-well who soon departed on a semi-voluntary basis. But his name, which was distinctive, matched that of someone struck off the Oklahoma bar for possession of prohibited substances many years before. It is a small world.

I have a razor very much like Jaycey's, but bought minus scales. It was described on the spine as the "Superior Concave" (for that curious, longitudinal, large-wheel substitute for hollow grinding), and "India Fine Steel". Mine is now bright polished and in bone scales. It must have been a pretty effective lightweight razor. I have an almost identical blade on its way to me from Wade and Butcher Wedge Straight Razor, No Handle | eBay . This one is marked as the Celebrated Anglo-Saxon Concave razor, which I find rather charming despite being pretty well pure Celt as far as I know.

Wonder what Lummus had against Frederick Reynolds razors... In the article he wrote they they are worthless?