Couple Of Cases For John

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by jimjo1031, Dec 16, 2018.

  1. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Yesterday I received two cases that needed re-lining for @John Ruschmeyer and decided to work on them today. On the Service Set case, the top insert was missing and someone used a satin fabric, which the original didn't have, and was held on by masking tape. As I removed the old fabric, the metal inserts on both cases actually had some small rusted holes. The smaller case actually was splitting apart where the blade case and head go and used Super Glue Gel to keep them stable while working on it. I was actually wary of using a rotary tool on them as I didn't want to make new holes because they were thin. So I just sanded them by hand with a course sanding sponge..........

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    Now for installing the fabric on the metal inserts, I first used two way tape, as thin as scotch tape, on the flat parts of the inserts. Besides being attached to the inserts, the fabric stays in place while I used fabric glue on the sides for the fabric. After drying, I then trimmed the fabric to about a 1/4" and used Super Glue Gel to attach them on the bottoms and sides of the inserts. The biggest part that kept me thinking was the missing top insert for the Service Set case. And the simplest and quickest idea I had was to glue the fabric directly to the case. First I glued a piece of fabric directly to the flat part. Then I took another piece and glued it to the first fabric piece. Then I applied Super Glue Gel to the sides, carefully, to glue the fabric. Then I trimmed the fabric flush to the edges. I used the same color fabric, purple-blue, but the pics look more blue because of the lighting..........
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    Edit: A little better pic showing the fabric color........ 5.jpg



    Edit again: I added two thumbtacks to the case to replace the original items.......... 7.jpg
     
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  2. brit

    brit in a box

    very nice work jim..
     
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  3. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Thanks Gary.
     
  4. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    Wow! This is why I’m glad I didn’t try to do this myself.


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  5. hins2jw0

    hins2jw0 Well-Known Member

    Awesome work Jim! If I ever need this work done on a vintage razor I pick up, I'm coming to you. Very impressive buddy. Keep the pics coming.

    Josh

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  6. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Thanks John.
     
  7. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Thank you, I appreciate it.
     
  8. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I put in one of my Old Type Sets into the case to get a complete picture of how it's supposed to look. One thing I'd like to do is add the two button type things at the two ends of the handle. There are two tiny holes in the insert that they were attached to. One idea I have is to put thumbtacks in their place, it's a close match. Thoughts anyone?

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  9. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    I think that that is exactly what goes there. Racks to hang the (missing) mirror.


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  10. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Ok, I had to do it. the case didn't look complete without them...........
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  11. lightcs1776

    lightcs1776 Well-Known Member

    Great restore. Well done.

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  12. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Thank you Chris.
     
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  14. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    Thank you.
     
  15. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    Jim,I forgot to ask... Any idea what's going on with the latch on the Service Set?
     
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  16. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I noticed it was kinda weak. I tweaked the release latch a little, but then I noticed it was the top part that seemed a little pushed in some. It's causing the latch to not get a proper hold on it. It's slightly better, but I don't want to chance wrecking the top part as it might loosen up or even break off from the pins.
     
  17. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    No problem. Thanks.
     
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  18. brit

    brit in a box

    looks awesome jim..its nice to see them refurbished for another lifetime of service..
     
  19. John Ruschmeyer

    John Ruschmeyer Well-Known Member

    Just idly wondering... What can one do (besides completely drying the razor) to keep a relined case in good condition? Would the fabric tolerate being sprayed with something water repellant like you spray on shoes?
     
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  20. jimjo1031

    jimjo1031 never bloomed myself

    I just pat the razor dry. Haven't had any issues so far.
     

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