New Boy's restorations

**UKRob** · 08-08-2012, 12:31 PM

I joined just now and would like to show a selection of straigjht razors refurbs. My interest is in scale making and I've recently had some success with adding full liners in copper brass and silver nickel' Hope you like the examples.

This one is Le Grelot with dark horn and copper liners and pins with brass washers. That's followed by a Filarmonica in Ebony and Silver nickel liners pins etc. Third is a DD in ebony and brass liners and lastly is a fancy Le Grelot in Rosewood.

**fast14riot** · 08-08-2012, 12:56 PM

Wonderful work! I like the double duck and the fancy le grelot. What do you use to protect the liners? Are your pivots bushed or use washers?

-Xander

**UKRob** · 08-08-2012, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by fast14riot

Wonderful work! I like the double duck and the fancy le grelot. What do you use to protect the liners? Are your pivots bushed or use washers?

-Xander

Thanks Xander - I use thin internal washers and they seem to do the job.

**Khay** · 08-09-2012, 02:46 AM

Excellent work, I particularly like the ebony Filarmonica and the Dubl Duck. How is the wood treated - do you use oil, or varnish ? Thanks for sharing your work and knowledge !

**onotoman** · 08-09-2012, 04:49 AM

Welcome to the forum.

I'm just about to start on a set of Snakewood Scales and was going ot ask whether it's best to use oil or varnish (as above post).

**Woodash** · 08-09-2012, 10:33 AM

Ding, Ding, Ding!

**Trudo1** · 08-10-2012, 10:39 AM

The liners are a nice accent.....!!! sweet

**Krodor** · 08-11-2012, 05:03 PM

Those are frikkin' cool! nice work!

**UKRob** · 08-13-2012, 04:17 AM

Hi, apologies for not getting back sooner - I picked up some advice on treatment from a brush maker who suggested a couple of coats of finishing oil. This is very easy to apply with just a cloth leaving a couple of days in between. I then buffed them on a polisher using a wood finishing compound (I haven't bothered with brand names as they tend to vary between countries) - to get a nice sheen rather than high gloss finish.

I tried both CA and epoxy as finishers but just could not get the technique right - I think it may be to do with the epoxy available in the UK not being as good as the choices you have. On the other hand, it could be that I'm just not good enough. In any event, the brush maker told me that the finishing oil works very well and just needs an occasional wipe over with mineral oil and a re-polish. He uses shoe polishing brushes. I guess that a shaving brush will get far more direct exposure to water than scales ever will.

Edit. I forgot to add that if you are thinking of adding liners I find that a medium CA glue works very well. I tried Gorilla a couple of times as I'd seen examples of other people using it on spacers etc., however, on both occasions, the liners broke away from the scales when I started trimming them down on a bench sander. No problems sinced I changed to CA.

**Khay** · 08-13-2012, 09:05 AM

Regarding finishing oil, would something like this work ? :

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50070378/

It's the IKEA wood treatment oil, and it's readily available near where I live - it's contents (from the specs) are : Linseed oil, Wood oil, Lead free drying agent, Emulsifier

**UKRob** · 08-14-2012, 06:00 AM

Originally Posted by Khay

Regarding finishing oil, would something like this work ? :

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50070378/

It's the IKEA wood treatment oil, and it's readily available near where I live - it's contents (from the specs) are : Linseed oil, Wood oil, Lead free drying agent, Emulsifier

The ones that were recommended to me are Rustins and Liberon as they contain hardeners - I bought the Rustins with good results. The brush maker who recommended it said that Danish, Linseed and Tru oils were not so good but I have no experience of them.