first attemp at rescaleing.

[theycallmefix]

I bought a razor last weekend at a flea market. The plastic scales were broken, so the razor cost me two bucks.
I had some tiger striped maple left over from a rifle I built, so I figured I would see what I could do.

The finish is boiled lindseed oil, same as the rifle.
I know this holds up alright on guns, but does anyone use it on razors? There's a bit more water involved, but I'm hoping it will hold out.

I haven't honed it yet, so I don't know if it will shave. That's the next project.
I don't have a dapping block, so I put a tiny dent in my vise and set the pns using that dent. It came out well enough, but there is probably a dapping block in my future.

I actually paid six bucks for everything in this picture.

I got big shoulders, so if you see something that I could do better next time please criticize away.

 

[theycallmefix]

One more question.
The hole in the blade seemed to be very worn, and much too big for the new pin.
I mada a copper bushing by driving a chunk of wire into the hole, redrilling and fileing flush.
Brass might have been better.

How do the rest of you deal with this, or does the sloppy hole just not matter?

 

[ScottinAZ]

Looks great. I also would have bushed the pivot, Even if it isn't critical for operation, to me, it would detract from the work I had done. The BLO (boiled Linseed Oil) should protect the scales nicely, as it has for centuries on rifle stocks. Just keep up with it as if it were a well used infantry piece, and you should have no issues with the woodwork

 

[Thomas Martin]

One more question.
The hole in the blade seemed to be very worn, and much too big for the new pin.
I mada a copper bushing by driving a chunk of wire into the hole, redrilling and fileing flush.
Brass might have been better.

How do the rest of you deal with this, or does the sloppy hole just not matter?

I've had a similar problem. I've drilled a slightly bigger hole in the tang in order to make it perfectly round, took a brass screw that fitted and saw of the threaded part and the head (better to find a brass rod that fits). Then I peened it on both sides to secure it, sanded it flat and drilled a new hole in it. Worked great.

 

[Gamma]

Nice job - I just leave the big hole as-is. Never bothered me when done.
I've wanted to sleeve or fill the hole on occasion - just couldn't justify the work since leaving it doesn't impace use for me.