Thread: what a find...and now a little restoration

oh my..
guys..
i normally don't find anything at antique stores...
but not today.

I stumbled upon a 7 day set in pretty good shape...no chips, very minimal rust/hone wear...very little pitting. the blades will require a little work, but not much. They are probably Sheffield made 6/8 with ivory scales and lead spacers. The tang mark is "J. Drew & Son, Leadenhall Street City, Piccadilly Circus W & Brighton"...which after doing some research it would appear they are just retailers and not the manufacturers of the razor, hence the speculation they are Sheffield manufactured.

So the reason why this is posted in the workshop is...only ONE (of course) side of one of the ivory scales is cracked (damn Sunday!) and I am wondering if any of you gents who restore tons of razors and might have a tang side ivory scale that would fit as a replacement. They are 5 10/16" Long, 11/16 wide at the wedge pin, and 8/16 wide at the tang pin. They appear to be pretty standard size and shape for a lot of the other ivory scales i've seen, so i figured it was worth a shot to see if someone had a lonely side of a scale waiting for a higher calling...to which i can see no greater than bringing a 7 day set back to life. Please shoot me a PM, i'd be happy to pay for it if anyone has one...

Apologies for the bad picture quality...

Thanks! and WOO!

Well, there's a not to small risk of cracking the new/used scale too, Ivory is well known for being very delicate and easy to crack. I think someone used to sell scale material in ivory here, though, could be well worth the search in the bst section ...

Ohh, I almost forgot: NICE CATCH!!!

Originally Posted by Mikael

Well, there's a not to small risk of cracking the new/used scale too, Ivory is well known for being very delicate and easy to crack. I think someone used to sell scale material in ivory here, though, could be well worth the search in the bst section ...

Ohh, I almost forgot: NICE CATCH!!!

Thanks Mikael! i never even considered it since ivory is...well...no longer available (i thought?)

Repair that crack,run it thru an ultrasonic with some warm dishsoap,fix it with CA glue,sand between layers,polish,you will never see it.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Repair that crack,run it thru an ultrasonic with some warm dishsoap,fix it with CA glue,sand between layers,polish,you will never see it.

+1 to what pixelfixed said.

Always fix things when you can. Replacement of something should be a last resort.

Nice job finding that. You're going to have fun.

many thanks, pixelfixed and all...wasn't aware of that method for repairing cracks...
agreed, fixing things are definitely way better than replacement!

That will be an easy repair,and a good one as it is not any any stress point,you can get all the crud out of the crack with an ultrasonic,blow it out and let dry well.
with a needle, carefully lay in a line of CA,I recommend Bead fix,is very watery and super hot (it will actually smoke when applied,hardens in seconds)
The trick is to try and fill only the crack with multiple layers so as not to have to sand on the ivory to much as the color will change to bright white,iuf so is easy to stain it to match,have fun,save that old puppy.