Here's my second restore. This is one a George Wostenholm Pipe razor rescaled in cocobolo with triple stacked washers and black acrylic wedge. The wood is sealed and finished with conservator's wax. Feel free to comment or ask questions. Thanks guys. I love this hobby!
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Looking good. What conservator's wax did you use? Renaissance wax?
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I think it's the same stuff but I got mine from Lee Valley and they just call it Conservator's Wax. I think it's flammable too so if Renaissance Wax is flammable as well then it's probably the same stuff. I am really worried about using CA now because I don't want to accidentally ruin the finish on my scales.
Looks good man! Did you make the scales out of Lee Valley pen blank? If not where did you source the wood in BC? I'm looking for somewhere local that sells a bit larger samples.
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Thanks. You're right. I got the wood from Lee Valley but not the pen blanks. They sell 18" x 3" long blanks that are 3/16" thick (I believe) and then I sand it down a bit after I cut them out. I thought about buying the pen blanks but I don't own a table saw so I would not be able to cut them up properly. The pen blanks are a nice solution but I'm concerned that eventually I will wear down the blade on these exotic woods and then have to replace the blade which would cost more than the money saved. Maybe someone can comment on this.
Nice work!! 
Thanks! my sister lives in Van so I'll have to get her to pick me up some of those wood blanks and bring them out here for Christmas. Looks like they don't list those 18x3 blanks on their website only in the paper catalog.
Thanks again!
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Evan, make sure that when your sister buys them that she checks that they are truly flat. Just put them on the counter. Sometimes those blanks are slightly curved which is not good. They have many kinds of wood - cocobolo, bocote, zebrawood, paudak, purpleheart...that's all I can remember but there's probably 4 or 5 more.
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Did a quick simple restore of a Henckels razor. Wood scales look so good on any razor compared to plain black bakelite/celluloid.
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Here's a Wostenholm 1/4 hollow which will be going to a B&B member.
Nice one T-dog. I'm going to need to make some scales for one that I broke while unpinning... might try horn.
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Cool! I don't know where you plan to get your horn but Masecraft has horn but min purchase I think is $100 usd. I bought some unpressed horn off ebay. I haven't had the time to flatten it out yet though.
I was looking at Masecraft, min purchase was $50. Not hard to do if you get the 3 different horn options in the 1/8x2x6 pairs. heh
Either that or I'll see if any of the hunters I know can spare some moose antler. Could be cool if I can cut a big ol blank out and lap it flat and whatnot... heh
Either that or I'll see if any of the hunters I know can spare some moose antler. Could be cool if I can cut a big ol blank out and lap it flat and whatnot... heh
keep up the good work. I'm liking the tripple stacked washers
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Here's one of the earlier restores that I forgot to post. It's a Swedish Frameback, Johan Engstrom, Ekilstuna. I rescaled in cocobolo and stacked pins.
Wonderful work Terry! 
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Here's a W&B Frameback. This was one of the first razors that I purchased and restored about 4 months later. The scales are rosewood and I secured the pivot using a microfastener.
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Here are some before and after shots of a Haddon, Sheffield razor. This is also one of my earlier purchases and because this was my very first restore I've kept it. I've kept the original scales because they are in superb condition. I hadn't acquired the skill to peen when I did this restore so I used a microfastener to secure the blade. Everything else is original.
I did have to do some grinding of the blade to remove a couple of chips. The end result was a decent first try I guess.
I did have to do some grinding of the blade to remove a couple of chips. The end result was a decent first try I guess.
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