Barack Obama meets with the Queen of England. He asks her, "How do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?"...
My work buddy brought me this wood from a tree he had cut down a few years ago in his yard. He though I might be interested in it.... yep. I had...
Well here we go again. As you may have seen in an earlier post where I broke a set of scales, I have made a new set from the same hunk of wood as...
Since I haven't posted much here recently, I thought I'd throw a few restos up. This is a Wade & Butcher Special. It wasn't in bad shape, just...
I always liked the Bow razor and this is one of many that I have owned. Buffed it up and rescaled it in black and white ebony. It shaves nicely....
This is my go to shaver, for the moment. Purple Heart scales and brass pins, washers and bearings. Micarta spacer. Razors handles very well and...
I was fooling around with this razor for a bit and it finally shaves. It's not real pretty but I like the long tang. Scales are from a chunk of...
This little project was murder. It was almost pointless to try and save it, but it shaves now. There is pitting that I just couldn't get rid of....
I've had this one laying around awhile and just got around to rescaling it. It's a Wade & Butcher Fine India Steel with no hone wear.... except...
Here's a few pics of a Wapi I just finished up for a co-worker. This will be his first straight. Scales are Orange Osage, brass spacer and pins....
Here's a rescale I just pinned together. Still needs a bit of clean up as far as the peen work, but I had to snap a few anyways. The scales are...
A few months back I posted this razor in here. Had good responses from everyone, but...... it just didn't look right to me. SO!!! I had to rework...
Ok, it's been awhile since I've posted any razor resto's up. So, here we go. This Wade and Butcher has a brass spine and etching on the blade...
Here we have a Halsted 7/8 that really needed a good scrubbing up. It was nearly black at the start. Brass spacer and pins. Finish is 8 coats of...
Just finished an old Filly, man what a workout. This one took lots of work. Palm scales. Brass spacer, bushing and pins. 8 coats of CA for a...
Just pinned this razor. Here we go again, black and white ebony scales, ebony spacer, brass pins, bulls-eye washers and bearings. It's a heavy...
Here's another W&B that after hours of cleaning and polishing the blade, finally got a new pair of pants. Scales are Spalted Maple, with CA...
Here's a razor that I'm planning on putting up in the BST forum. It's a fatty. Scales are Black and White Ebony, brass spacer, pins with bulls-eye...
Ok, here we go, I reached into the grab bag and........ Wade & Butcher, nothing fancy. Need a couple passes on a hone and strop. I haven't shaved...
Here's one that really needed a scale job, I reused the spacer. The scales are made from Carob and finished with CA. Don't know what else to say...
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