Crown Razor Co., Boston. Looks pretty straightforward.
What's on your work bench right now?
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Actually, just off the work bench and enroute to the stones: Geneva Improved Eagle. Genuinely improved, with the addition of some bluing and Zebrawood scales.
Finally, John Heiffor in his new replacement black horn scales. The good quality plastic scales he came in just didn't feel quite right for the time period.
Life has not been easy for John and I am happy for him to be in a new pair of scales. This project went on longer than I expected, but I did learn a few things along the way:
Life has not been easy for John and I am happy for him to be in a new pair of scales. This project went on longer than I expected, but I did learn a few things along the way:
- The wedge sandwich technique that I reported earlier worked well.
- The cabinet scraper works well for rounding the tops.
- It is very easy to sharpen a cabinet scraper, especially when you have a Hock Tools burnisher.
- Horn is easy to polish by hand using Mothers polish. So shiny I had to lightly rub the finish with steel wool to dull it ever so slightly.
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A new project. Got a box of straights from mother. Evidently been ancient family members' forever and she forgot about them. This is the first up to bat. Rust being worked on. Scales soaking in neetsfoot oil. Biggest issue will be trying to learn pinning - this is my first restore project.
When I started restoring blades, my natural inclination was the finer, the shinier the better. For this Wostenholm Pipe I went back, looked at 2000 grit raw and 2000 grit with polish finishes, and then sanded one side of the Pipe to 800, the other side to 1200 and then applied one light round of Mothers to the toe portion of both faces.
Of all the finishes, my favorite is 1200 with one light round of Mothers - see below - with the comment that camera makes the grind marks look more pronounced than to the human eye.
I even had a second pair of eyes (my son's) look at the finishes and he too preferred the 1200 with one light round of Mothers.
Of all the finishes, my favorite is 1200 with one light round of Mothers - see below - with the comment that camera makes the grind marks look more pronounced than to the human eye.
I even had a second pair of eyes (my son's) look at the finishes and he too preferred the 1200 with one light round of Mothers.
Yup. That's a beauty!
Finished up the IC Vincent.
Is it maple? And what did you finish it with? Looks nice and natural.
Thank you! Yes, Birdseye Maple and Kirinite, finished in CA.
Just for fun (I had to know), I tried gently rubbing 1200 in circular motions on the back face of the Wostenholm Pipe. Disaster - looked like Curious Geoge got into the razors and sandpaper, and I had to redo the uniform scratch pattern. Now I know!
I decided to use the sandwich method for the replacement scales. Preparing the sandwich.
Ready to eat.
Ready for shaping.
I decided to use the sandwich method for the replacement scales. Preparing the sandwich.
Ready to eat.
Ready for shaping.
Nice looking razor, @Snurgblat. Took me a while to learn the peening/pinning. This video helped me:
I ended up getting a 4 oz chasing hammer from Rio Grande and use the smaller head. They also make the hammer in 3 oz.
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I ended up getting a 4 oz chasing hammer from Rio Grande and use the smaller head. They also make the hammer in 3 oz.
Chasing Hammer - RioGrande
No pics yet but my shave den is being worked on nice little cabinet with a glass door and a drawer. I have refinished it and am awaiting new hardware and will be stenciling an image on the glass door soon
I'll study! Thank you!Nice looking razor, @Snurgblat. Took me a while to learn the peening/pinning. This video helped me:
I ended up getting a 4 oz chasing hammer from Rio Grande and use the smaller head. They also make the hammer in 3 oz.
Chasing Hammer - RioGrande
Peening/pinning is much easier and forgiving than it looks.
Practice by pinning 3 popsicle or tongue depressors with the middle stick acting as the razor, or pinning tongue depressors as scales to a blade. Popsicle and tongue depressors crack easily and if you can pin them, scales are a piece of cake.
Practice by pinning 3 popsicle or tongue depressors with the middle stick acting as the razor, or pinning tongue depressors as scales to a blade. Popsicle and tongue depressors crack easily and if you can pin them, scales are a piece of cake.
New scales for a Stiz 5/8.
Cedar isn't very hard so I'm thinking a CA coating for extra strength.
Any thoughts about this or other options?
Cedar isn't very hard so I'm thinking a CA coating for extra strength.
Any thoughts about this or other options?
Nice job! I like the shape and the grain. I still have not made scales out of wood, but most folks seem to use CA on wood scales.
I am sure that someone else with more experience will reply.
I am sure that someone else with more experience will reply.
Yeah, I haven't used it before and my test attempt was pretty patchy, although it did make the wood look awesome.
Tests with oil and wax made too much of the wood dark, hiding the stripes.
I also nearly glued the tube to myself!
I will get better quality CA for the next test with a safer tube.
I'm also thinking of adding a thin fabric lining but can't decide which colour
Another nice wood finish is Minwax lacquer. I have a brush finished with this product that looks, feels and performs great. If and when I use wood, I will probably try the Minwax.
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