Thread: wester bros. little de-fi restore (my first restoration)

This is my first restore, I purchased it off of ebay with 3 other razors in the lot. I honestly placed my bid because I liked the anchor, star, and arrow logo, plus the little brass enlays looked neat. There was a W&B in the lot that didn't look to be in too awful condition. I decided to try this as my first restore because the blade is in the worst shape, one of the pins was pulled half way through the scales, and the other pin looked as if it was filed on at some point. If I can bring this one back to life the others will be very little challenge. I am crafty and think outside the box plus I have a lot of free time. I have read through the wiki and creeped the forums for months before joining. Everyone here seems to have a great sense of community, and I would love and appreciate any advice, tips, and input. enough rambling...onto the pictures. (sorry about the low light but the pitting is bad enough to see from the moon)

the razor as I received it, and after removing pins.

after about 4 hours of sanding with 60 grit.
now to sand some more.

Should be a great first restore. Seems to be shaping up very well.

So far, so good.

Go easy with the heavy grits down there near the edge. Wouldn't want to get it too thin, but you're probably already aware of that.

Keep us posted.

thanks! been trying to not go down there at all. majority of the pitting was on one the side with the company stamp near the top.
should i have put this in workshop? since it is an ongoing thing?

Originally Posted by tonycraigo

So far, so good.

Wouldn't want to get it too thin, but you're probably already aware of that.

Keep us posted.

Thanks for this tony, a lot of stuff to remember the advice is welcome.

Bondpunk,

It looks like you did a nice job to me. Considering the damage around the pins, you've done well to even keep the original scales. The only advice I would have, is to progress further with sandpaper grits before jumping onto the polish, maybe up to 1200 or 2000 grit. I think it gives a smoother polished finish. You can normally pick up the 1200 grit at the local hardware and the 2000 grit at auto supply stores.

That being said, well done. Look great. Hope it shaves as well as I looks.

Stu

Really like the scales on the De-Fi. I have a De-Fi as well but my scales are nowhere near as nice as those.

Here is mine

dyimages, I like the scales on yours, the black and brown contrast nicely gives you something to look at other than plain black scales.