Before and After Restoration Thread.

Discussion in 'Razor Restoration' started by DaltonGang, Jan 2, 2017.

  1. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Beautiful work Scott!
     
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  2. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Thank you.

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  3. Jim99

    Jim99 Gold Water Shaver

    Fantastic! It looks as good as new. Nice work!
     
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  4. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Thanks. I appreciate the kind words.
     
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  5. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Quick nose job on a George Johnson.
    Before:
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    and after:
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    Dremel cutting wheels & sanding drums from 60-400. Followed up with working the edge near the point on my DMT325.
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    Oh, and the scales were snapped in half... you can hardly tell :).
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    Enjoy your projects.
    Tom
     
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  6. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Some work on recent Wade & Butcher For Barber’s Use...
    Before (seller’s photo):
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    After some steel wool & Flitz to see what was under there:
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    Decided on some sanding and ended with this:
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    Enjoy your projects.
    Tom
     
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  7. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    F.W.Engels
    6/8+th
    Extra Hollow
    Solingen Germany

    This looked almost N.O.S., except for the rust, and crud all over. Someone had also scratched their initials on the scales. I had to sand the blade well, then buff it out. The scales were also touched up, a lot.
    It had been rattling around for 100 years, or so, without a box, so this is the best I could do.

    Before:
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    After:

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  8. brit

    brit in a box

    looks awesome,nice job..:cool:
     
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  9. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Thank you. There wasnt any wear on the bluing. I did find a box, on ebay, that I ordered, so it can be protected from now on.
     
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  10. Claude Stewart

    Claude Stewart Well-Known Member

    John Jay

    Sorry, I forgot to take a before and have to use the one from the listing. It is blurry.

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    Pitting was too deep so I could not remove all of it. Also, there was a hump in the edge near the heel. Had to grind to even the entire edge to a straight blade. Started on the geometry with a 400 grit stone. Then a 1000, 3000, 8000, 12000 and finally a 15000 whetstone. Edge is sharp enough for a great shave.

    Still haven't made a shadow box for good photo's. But here it is anyway.

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  11. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    A quick scale replacement...
    Max Dorner 65 that I was making some scales for but I stalled out. Then this Boker blade showed up, and I thought I had a cool match.
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    Had to be careful with the removal of the blade, but they survived.
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    When it is sitting in the scales, the design on the blade seems to flow well with the scales.
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    Or
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    Enjoy your projects.
    Tom
     
  12. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Nice pairing. Well done.

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  13. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Thanks Scott.
     
  14. Claude Stewart

    Claude Stewart Well-Known Member

    Beautiful
     
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  15. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Thank you Claude.

    Had the pinning stuff out so did one more transplant...
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    The Wade & Butcher was in the scales to the left, so took the scales from a busted Geo. Rodgers on the right. Fits decently, does sit up a little high, but not too uncommon from the ones I have held.
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    Used the old collars from the Wade at the pivot but didn’t mess with the wedge end.
    I enjoy these older W&B wedges.
    Enjoy your projects.
    Tom
     
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  16. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Looks good. You can take that broken Rodgers razor, angle out the broken area, and make a Japanese Style folder out of it. They like to take new ones, and lop off the heel area. No use wasting a salvageable razor.

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  17. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    You read my mind... started hitting it with the dremel this afternoon. I don’t personally like leaving the stabilizer, so it will take a little finessing. :eatdrink047:
     
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  18. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    W.H.Morley & Sons
    Clover Brand.
    Germany
    11/16th
    Full Hollow

    Not a lot to do, But it cleaned up nicely. Almost too shiny for a good shot.

    Before:
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    After:
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  19. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    CVH MK No.30 with Ivory scales. Dropped on the bathroom floor 28 years ago ( did not catch it ) finally I took the decision to shorten it. Quite nice result, first I thought that it should have the same shape as original but I made it a little bit more square in the nose.
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  20. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    I would swap out those scales, for something else. Then use the ivory scales on another full sized razor. Those are sweet looking scales.
     

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