Thread: Holley Manufacturing - I'm Bringing it Back!

I can't call this a restoration, because I'm not going to restore it. I'm just going to do right by it. It's an ebay find at about $60. At that price, I think it still was a steal.

7/8. Extra Hollow. Square point. Winning, Winning, Winning!!!!




That's just a bit of oil still on the blade from when pinklather honed it. Thank You Sir!







And this brings us to the reason we are here today. Quite possibly the worst mishmash of scales ever...


The Front. I think the wedge is pewter or maybe lead.

The Back. Celluloid... I think.

East Indian Rosewood at the top and Bloodwood at the bottom. Both were purchased at the local Woodcrafters at the bargain price of $7.97 out the door.


The blanks were 1.5"x1.5"x12". I had them cut by a local cabinet maker down to 1/8" strips.


I'm going to try rubber cement to temporarily connect the pieces back together so I can rough cut my shapes and do the initial rough sanding.


A little light clamping between some granite tiles. Lowes sells the tile for about 2$ and will cut it to your specs in store. The clamps were $2 each from Harbor Freight.

I will update this thread as I progress. I have some micarta that I made that I might try for wedge material, but I don't necessarily think that it compliments the color of the wood. I might just go with a simple piece of clear plexiglass or I'll go pick up some guitar pics.

The scale on the back (black one) is probably the original. I have heard that Holley's only came in those black scales. That razor is in very nice shape and will look good in the scales you make I'm sure. Holley's are hidden treasures. I have never met one that is not a great shaver.

Have fun,

Lynn

This is my first rescale project, so I'm learning everything. I'm not a woodworker. The closest I've come is woring with alot of mdf while doing speaker enclosures... folded horn speaker enclosures... lots of them.


I looked at this and thought it was on the generous side, very wide/tall relative to the face of the razor.


Keeping the points while sanding is really optimistic. I ended up not keeping them. I have hollow tubing, so I am going to do a 3 pin design. I've seen others do it, and it looks slick. I might even try putting multiple pins in the wedge end.


Imma dumbass. Yes. I used a black marker to mark up a dark wood. Stoopid! That's part of the reason for the change in design and shape. I could barely see my marks as I was manually sawing the blanks. I saw when I traced the outline onto the material that the sizing was huge... my sanding rectumfied that and then some.

My handy dandy desk vise/strop mount. I got the curve by wrapping sand paper around the small tin of Ren wax. I knew I paid extra for that for a reason. I've been reading alot on Les Paul guitars on another Juijitsu forum that I frequent. It influenced the flying axes from the 80s... or maybe too much Galaxy Express 999




Rough sanding with 60 grit and 120 grit. The elmer's rubber cement helped, but didn't last very long. It was better than nothing though.

No Flash.


Flash.
*Note that that is unfinished wood. It's only been sanded by hand. It's shining as well as the razor is. That's Micromesh and a foam block. I started at 60 grit and went to 12,000.







I still need to seal it with some tung oil. I read the tutorial on wedges. I need to review it again on how to determine the proper wedge angle. I haven't decided if I'm going to use some blue micarta for my wedge or cut a wedge from the bloodwood. I'm leaning towards the bloodwood. I think the bright contrast would be very nice, especially in that shape. I might see if I can find some flat brass sheet to use as an additional accent.

Gorgeous, 'phocus. I can't believe the finish is just sanding. I've got to look into that micromesh.

BTW, Kris loves the scales. Go 'phocus Go!

Originally Posted by pinklather

Gorgeous, 'phocus. I can't believe the finish is just sanding. I've got to look into that micromesh.

BTW, Kris loves the scales. Go 'phocus Go!

You are too kind...

I hope I can find some light tung oil tomorrow and something non-toxic to dilute it with.

Tomorrow, I'm tackling the bloodwood. I'm aiming for more curvacious. I hope I don't ruin all of this work with my drilling and pinning attempts.

You probably will do just fine. Glen's idea about the tablespoon has kept me from trouble. How was the shave w/ the Holley?

Assuming I can get the wedge done, I'll be shaving with it tonight!!!