A Trio of W&B's

**mycarver** · 04-16-2012, 03:38 PM

Decided to do these three as they represent the same family,, but alternate styles. I thought it was an interesting study in siblings being so different.
On the large, 9/8th For Barbers Use, I kept the original scales as well as the washers. Only thing new are the pins themselves which in this case are 5/64ths. After a polishing of the blade, cleaning up the scales it went back together.
Same story for the Gentlemans Razor #2 although the washers weren't unusual so I used #0 which I turned down to match the size and shape of the originals which were basically gone. The scales ( Horn) had the typical warps so I straightened them out and polished them up. I think this blade has a beautiful shape.
The baby in the group is trying hard to grow up to be just like it's big brothers! The blade measures 1 5/8th in length and is 4/8 width. Overall the scales and blade measure 4". In this case the scales were eaten up in sections and one had a good chip so I took some new horn and make exact duplicates to the originals in thickness, shape etc. Here too I had to turn down #0 washers to get them to match the originals.
Hope you enjoy them.

**mycarver** · 04-16-2012, 03:40 PM

a couple more pics. The big ones blade is so heavy it can't stay open itself! It certainly is a handful. And I wonder what the little one was built for. It's a cute little thing.

**Doc226** · 04-16-2012, 04:00 PM

That is awesome, I love big blades.

**Captain Pre-Capsize** · 04-16-2012, 07:25 PM

JeeeePERZZ!

Methinks you need to graduate to the vendor forum - you are no hobbyist in MY book! Gorgeous stuff!

**Trudo1** · 04-16-2012, 11:51 PM

What a great trio......man those look sweet, I gotta check out some of your other restores. Classic, classy and clean....!!

**Skrymr** · 04-17-2012, 01:48 AM

Those all turned out great. You're attention to detail is incredible.

**mycarver** · 04-17-2012, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by Trudo1

What a great trio......man those look sweet, I gotta check out some of your other restores. Classic, classy and clean....!!

Thank you guys! The Devil lives in the details as they say.

I have a listing on page 5 in this thread of some of my other restores, http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...ycarvers-Magic

**Oblique Human** · 04-17-2012, 08:52 AM

Seems more like a trinity. Beautiful razors and very nice pictures.

**Jporco** · 04-18-2012, 09:55 AM

How did you remove the pins without destroying the scales... Drill method?

**mycarver** · 04-18-2012, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Jporco

How did you remove the pins without destroying the scales... Drill method?

Yes, exactly! First center a divot in the pin before drilling or the bit will skate all over the place and make a mess if it hits the washers or slips into the scales. After that it's easy sailing. Granted, I'm using a drill press but a bit of caution with a drill can do the job as well.