Thread: C-MON Special resto and backstory

Hey guys I wanted to show my progress on a C-Mon Special that my father gave me. Now normally a father giving a son a razor is a special moment that is cherished forever but not so much this time. My father was a Captain at a state prison for 30 years. Over those years he acquired a box full of confiscated weapons from various prisoners. This razor is one of them! There is another razor as well but it is beyond repair.

The down part is I cannot find my "before" pics. I will keep looking but they may have been deleted by accident. Original status was dingy brown blade with lots of devil's spit on the spine. Also a good sized chip about 1/3rd from the point. Finally the C-MON logo is missing from the scales. I probably could have kept it together but seeing where it came from it was getting the complete "frame-off" resto and each piece is being disinfected.

Question: Does anyone know if the letters can be replaced? If not maybe painted in? Finally if no solution exists maybe just sand down the lettering completely.

Thanks for looking and the advice in advance!

No Idea About The Lettering. Looks Real Nice Now Though!

I would think it would be tough to cut new letters, since the metal was usually so thin. Though you could probably use something of decent thickness, heat the scales, and press them it. But painting would be much easier, I think. (Not that it would be easy...). Or maybe find a donor set and transfer the inlays?

Whatever you do, it's a nice looking razor.

Finished for now. I still can't decide what to do with the lettering. I honed it last night and shaved with it this morning. There might be a small bend in the spine cause I had to do rolling x on one side. Got DFS out of one pass though!

Very nice.
Enjoy it as is instead of making it look like new. It will not shave any better and without the risk of permanent damage.
Just my 2 cents worth.

Originally Posted by Sunbird

Very nice.
Enjoy it as is instead of making it look like new. It will not shave any better and without the risk of permanent damage.
Just my 2 cents worth.

I really was just trying to make it look as best I could so I can show my father. I think you are right. This is good enough.