7/8 Wade & Butcher For Barber's Use in Leopardwood

Discussion in 'Razor Restoration' started by gssixgun, Aug 23, 2009.

  1. gssixgun

    gssixgun At this point in time...

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    The is one of two W&B's from Brian that are coming off the bench...

    This is a heavy near full wedge that was pretty beat up when it got here...

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    This one required a near full regrind to get rid of the bad wear and the pitting after that I went from 80 grit Greaseless compound to 600 grit on the low speed buffer This was followed by Emory up through Chrome compounds on the high speed buffer... The results came out to a near perfect mirror finish...

    The scales were Brian's choice of Leopardwood I decided on an Ebony & Brass lined wedge to keep the heavy blade balanced with the lighter Leopardwood... I managed to keep a very unique knot on the front side scale, I wish I could have found a matching one for the backside but I wasn't that lucky...The scales were sealed with Dem-Bart and final finished with Premalyn....
    The hardware is all brass using stacked washers and the oversized pivot hole was sleeved also...

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    I actually tried for a close up of the Lined Wedge here too....


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  2. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    Glenn, another beautiful restoration. The brass and ebony wedge looks really sharp in there. Love the shape of the spine on the tang. That's one awesome razor! Thanks for sharing this!
     
  3. superbleu

    superbleu Active Member

    Great save Glen. Looks like it's ready for another 100 years of good use.
     
  4. Batmang

    Batmang New Member

    Another beauty Glen. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
     
  5. PalmettoB

    PalmettoB The Old Guard

    Geez. What a beaut! I gotta get back to work. But I don't know that my rescales and restores will ever look this nice!
     
  6. Rene

    Rene Well-Known Member

    WOW, Glen!!

    Absolutely magnificent piece of work :happy096
     
  7. Bronco

    Bronco Mac Daddy

    Always great to see your work Glen! Nicely done!
     
  8. gssixgun

    gssixgun At this point in time...

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    Thank You Gentlemen for the compliments, they are truly appreciated....
     
  9. Padron

    Padron Active Member

    Very nicely done Glen! What a difference :cool:
     
  10. ryrelav

    ryrelav New Member

    Great job like usually.:signs107
     
  11. Issy

    Issy TheMadSoaper

    Beautiful, I own one that could be a twin
     
  12. craigd

    craigd New Member

    Now that is PURTY!! Beautiful work there. That wood looks like a bugger to work with.
     
  13. moviemaniac

    moviemaniac Tool Time

    Leopardwood? Never heard of that one before but it looks great - as does your work! ::
     
  14. gssixgun

    gssixgun At this point in time...

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    looks sorta like Lacewood to me but supposedly they are different :confused:
     

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