W&B MOP repair.

[mycarver]

I really like this razor. Sadly the facing scale was cracked at the wedge end. I ended up buying 3 separate slabs of MOP trying to find one with enough color to match my scales.
3rd time is the charm as they say.
Yes. I overthink things. It’s what I do. Any slab would have worked as nobody would know the difference but I would.
Cut out a rough profile. Man this stuff stinks!
Then thinned the slab. Drilled holes and bolted it to the liner. Then finished the profile and radiused edges.
Made a new single pin and 2 nickel pins for the wedge and hinge. Polished up the blade and put it all back together.
BTW. A recent discussion on internal washers.
In the pic the upper 2 on the left are from microfasteners.
The bottom two are from this W&B. The upper right is one I made.
Sure. Pound out that little washer in the upper left into the size I made in the upper right. Yup , It’ll happen. Anyone believe it?
Here too. I overthink things. It’s never just a washer. To me anyhow.

 

[mycarver]

The finished piece.
The stuff is deceiving. The first pic the tip looks bland,,,, until you turn it a bit and it catches fire!

I like the look of washer -less pinning.

What a joy to use. What I’d consider a clean pretty razor.
Works for me. Glad she’s restored.

 

[alex1921]

Is the MOP glued to the liner or just the pins are holding it in place?

 

[mycarver]

A dab of glue at the single pin. Just to secure it. The rest is free floating.
It needs to flex.
I let the liner and MOP slide across each other .
Secure one end and let the rest flex.

 

[cotedupy]

The finished piece.
The stuff is deceiving. The first pic the tip looks bland,,,, until you turn it a bit and it catches fire!

I like the look of washer -less pinning.

What a joy to use. What I’d consider a clean pretty razor.
Works for me. Glad she’s restored.
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Lovely fix, as ever!

I've never once worked with MOP, is it a bit tricky in comparison to other traditional scale materials? Strikes me like it'd be quite flaky-brittle when it comes to cutting and drilling...?

 

[mycarver]

Traditional materials like horn wood or synthetics are pretty easy to work.

You may not have experience with MOP specifically but you may be familiar with a common clam shell or conch shell.

Just imagine carving , thinning and shaping that because that’s what this is. A nearly stone like shell.
Not flaky at all. No flex regardless how thin.
The scale very slightly flexes at the joint because neither of the sections will.

 

[Jakebullet]

Beautiful job