I picked up this Keystone ( Pa. state) made by the Germania Cutlery Co. Germany. I've been learning to clean up and "restore" these razors as they are becoming a growing segment of my razor collecting as well as use them.
This , to date is my third. I decided to use Cocobolo with an Ivory spacer. I didn't want a wedge so I instead modified the inner scales to accept the taper of the tang, I clearanced the area around the tang creating a consistent gap now all along the blade and tang.
The "pins" are actually 1/8th inch brass inlays because I wanted to see what it would look like with a completely smooth sided razor where the brass ,I believe ,accents the wood nicely. I polished out the blade and tang, leaving the tang polished. The original had grinding marks on the blade itself so I recreated this look after polishing. Why? I don't know since originality isn't an issue any longer. Just wanted to see if I could do that too.
It needs to be honed yet and then it's good to go.
This , to date is my third. I decided to use Cocobolo with an Ivory spacer. I didn't want a wedge so I instead modified the inner scales to accept the taper of the tang, I clearanced the area around the tang creating a consistent gap now all along the blade and tang.
The "pins" are actually 1/8th inch brass inlays because I wanted to see what it would look like with a completely smooth sided razor where the brass ,I believe ,accents the wood nicely. I polished out the blade and tang, leaving the tang polished. The original had grinding marks on the blade itself so I recreated this look after polishing. Why? I don't know since originality isn't an issue any longer. Just wanted to see if I could do that too.
It needs to be honed yet and then it's good to go.
