With my last haul that I posted in the Score I also picked up a shot razor just for the scales. I have a T. Hessenbruch Full Concave that had on one side ( back scale) horn and the face scale was Maple painted black in someones attempt to make them match. When I bought this razor I didn't care as I knew it was a matter of time until I either rescaled it or find another razor such as I did to salvage it's scales.
Being lucky ,the junk razor I bought had scales for a Hessenbruch! So a swap was in order. As it turns out the blade that was in the Hessenbruch scales was a Bannister. Now everything is home again matching the proper scales with the proper blade. And I can throw everything else away.
The razors were unpinned. Since I had it free I polished up the Hessenbruch blade a bit. There was a bit of damage around the pins on the "new" scales so I sanded them down while removing several other scratches as well. Also, the hinge end of the scales were quite buggered up so I re-radiused the end and also had to reprofile this area as the pins weren't centered in the scales. That drove me nuts.
Once that was done I gradually increased the grit until they were ready for polishing as well. Care in this case was needed so I wouldn't damage the little bear imprinted on the scale. Turns out that what at first glance seemed to be possibly horn, maybe a dense plastic,, was actually Bakelite. It has that distinctive smell when sanded.
Now I have another in my rotation as well as a mate for my other T. Hessenbruch . I love that razor so I can't wait to see how this one hones up and shaves.
Being lucky ,the junk razor I bought had scales for a Hessenbruch! So a swap was in order. As it turns out the blade that was in the Hessenbruch scales was a Bannister. Now everything is home again matching the proper scales with the proper blade. And I can throw everything else away.
The razors were unpinned. Since I had it free I polished up the Hessenbruch blade a bit. There was a bit of damage around the pins on the "new" scales so I sanded them down while removing several other scratches as well. Also, the hinge end of the scales were quite buggered up so I re-radiused the end and also had to reprofile this area as the pins weren't centered in the scales. That drove me nuts.
Once that was done I gradually increased the grit until they were ready for polishing as well. Care in this case was needed so I wouldn't damage the little bear imprinted on the scale. Turns out that what at first glance seemed to be possibly horn, maybe a dense plastic,, was actually Bakelite. It has that distinctive smell when sanded.
Now I have another in my rotation as well as a mate for my other T. Hessenbruch . I love that razor so I can't wait to see how this one hones up and shaves.
