W. Greaves & Sons Stubtail Restoration

Good Evening Gents, and Happy Saturday!

Just wanted to share my latest restoration; This ones all original- it was only repinned!
Got the old girl off the bay on a make and offer, i saw it go around once with a very high priced BIN, i messaged the seller with a reasonable offer, they accepted and it ended up being my father's day gift! (Thanks kids!)
She was a little rough and in need of some TLC, but all in all for a razor that has a 200th Birthday somewhere in the near future it wasnt too bad, i will add the before pics in a later post.

When restoring the blade it took it to a full polish and then backed it up to a satin finish as i felt it better suited this style razor.
I did the satin finish at 1500 grit Wet with WD-40 for a really nice glow. The satin finish is very hard to photograph, but i think the last picture shows the finish best, in person the entire razor has that finish. After restoring the blade and the scales i repinned it in brass as i had no nickle silver on hand, all in all i think it looks pretty nice.

As always thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your week end!

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Very nice ,,,,:tu

My #1 joy on this forum is seeing old razors brought back to life, to serve again.

Here's a couple of before pics from the eBay seller...

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Big difference you made.

Very nice simple restoration in keeping the aged look of the razor, surely an early Greaves for sure, scales look amazing, quite a find! Enjoy!

A handsome razor with a masterful restoration. I really like the inlay at the bottom of the scale. Again, really a beautiful job on a razor that deserves to carry on with it's appointed task.

Very nice! I have a thing for Greaves razors, since my Sheaf Works gives an amazing shave. ;) I love the point on yours!

Thanks for the feed back as always, everyone! I was looking at the photos and the pics of the blade came out a little weird...... The blade is really shiny, not splotchy like the pics imply... Anyway ill let u know how she shaves!!

Beautiful razor, it honed up very nicely.

That is a winner. Love the fancy end cap.

Thanks for honing her up Nelson, she shaved wonderfully- and thanks pup for the kind words. She's one of those razors better seen in person.

Joe

You are a lucky guy. I saw this razor at the recent get together and these pictures while nice do not show the true beauty of this old gem. My favorite part of this razor are the pewter end pieces of the scales. The hand work engraving is a piece of art. I told Joe it was a craftsman like Paul Revere 200 years ago that painstakingly engraved it. Priceless in my opinion.

Nelson did his magic to hone it to perfection.