Thread: Advice for a William Greaves & Sons

Hone it and love it. The scales are better than I have found on any this side of the pond. I believe that there is a place in Scotland which has the amber bleached horn if you decide to replace those scales.( Highland Horn - Horn, Antler, Wood materials, Tools and Accessories for Stickmakers & Craftworkers) and there should be others. I have not found that amber horn yet over here.
A great old razor you have.
Respectfully
~Richard

Hi all
Here is the razor after its final restoration I decided to leave it as original as possible with the exception of new pins (nickel/silver with stainless washers) and a bit of a polish.

I think the scales came up a treat and are the best I have ever had hold of. The razor will be honed tomorrow ready for my Friday night shave before I go out for a few beers. I will report back to say how it shaved.

Thanks for the advice that was given I have started to leave my razors as near as possible to original as I can even before this restoration, however this is quite hard for me as I only buy beat up razors that need a lot of work. All my razor have to be stripped out of their scales before I start. However I have started to leave the pitting and marks to show that these razors had a life before I got hold of them.

What a beautiful old thing you got yourself, well done keeping her with her years showing a little. Marvelous razor.

What a fine job you've done...I hope she respects you by not cutting you too badly.

Great job, looks really nicely done. Your pinning looks very well done. You need to drop some pics on the Custom Builts and Restores section of the forum for all to see.

Looks like a couple of chips in the edge there, a bit of work on the hones and she will be right to go.

That looks just terrific. I like both mirror finishes and weathered razors each in their own right, and I think you made a great choice here, particularly with keeping those scales.

There is a lot to be said for repolishing even aa very old blade, if you don't reach such thin metal that it can risk disaster. That is the way it used to be, and the man who made it would have wanted it done. But I couldn't agree more about bizarre or futuristic scales, or materials which weren't available when the razor was made. We can do quite satisfying enough work with those, and it would have been dreadful to rescale one made with as good material as this.

I agree with the majority here, that razor needed those old scales put back on. It looks just wonderful. That is a great restoration job on a very nice old razor. Congratulations.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Hone it and love it. The scales are better than I have found on any this side of the pond. I believe that there is a place in Scotland which has the amber bleached horn if you decide to replace those scales.( Highland Horn - Horn, Antler, Wood materials, Tools and Accessories for Stickmakers & Craftworkers) and there should be others. I have not found that amber horn yet over here.
A great old razor you have.
Respectfully
~Richard

Many thanks for a marvellous source that I would never known existed in my own country.