Get to da choppah!

[Fnord5]

so, its my day off, i decided to take a little train ride to historic folsom.
last time i hit the antique stores here, i had not yet gotten into wet shaving, let alone shaving with a straight.
the day after Christmas, i had found a wade & butcher, in box, tarnished, no rust for 45 dollars, and i regreted not grabbing it.

no longer.

second store i go into has a ratty looking razor box. coffin shaped.
says "english razor, $19.oo"
i ask to look at it.
there it is, in all its rusty, bug eaten handle glory, smiling at me.
a barber notched, 7/8 smiling wedge, wade & butcher.

the handles are nearly clear, bug eaten so i am guessing horn. and it has a metal spacer wedge.

blade had heavy looking rust, but a little water, a twig, and some work it is only slightly pitted, and far from the edge.

there is no real hone wear, and 99.9% of the pitting will come out without wearing off the manufacture stamping.

pics when i get home, im on my phone, on the light rail train.

[DunEdinRanger]

But did you haggle on the price and get a reduction?

[gregdreg]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIO86jTrQQ[/YOUTUBE]

[Fnord5]

HAHA.

Silly Govenator.

[Fnord5]

But did you haggle on the price and get a reduction?

Nope. I am banking my Karma Points, as I can afford 20 bucks.

[Fnord5]

Sorry for the triple post (if that sort of thing is frowned upon.)
It's picture time!

Must have been tasty:

[Zen Master Kool-Aid]

The scales are done, but that blade looks killer.

Good luck restoring it. I can't wait to see it finished.

[Dharion]

The scales passed over Jordan but the blade is lovely. Good luck on restoring this str8 is worth it.

[netsurfr]

Nice looking blade!
Congrats on the acquisition. Looking forward to seeing the restoration.

[Philadelph]

there is no real hone wear

Ouch, I think you were mistaken man- there's actually a lot! It can be cleaned up though. Good for the price!

[Thebigspendur]

Sorry but that razor makes an eboy special look like a gem. yes it can be restored, just about anything can. The question is, is it worth it to do the work to physically restore it and then the huge amount of honing its going to take to make it shave ready. The spine wear is extreme and the bevel is shot. Only you can be the judge of the work involved. Its a real project.

[Fnord5]

Ouch, I think you were mistaken man- there's actually a lot! It can be cleaned up though. Good for the price!

LOL, yeah, the flash brought out a lot of it, but given how thick the blade is, I consider it minimal compared to the same amount on a full hollow blade.

I have the day off, and should be able to get most of the blade done today (aside from getting it honed)

I am going to do this right, just need to find the perfect wood(good looking, and cheap enough to replace if I mess it up)
And after the blade is done, have it professionally honed.

Have the perfect pins picked out(hidden bolts)

Going to keep the shape of the scales, I don't want to get in too deep with something fancy, but I want a striking dark exotic wood. I am thinking Cocobolo, Rosewood, Zebrawood, or possibly even Lignum Vitae.

I would love to do Carbon Fiber, or Micarta, but have even less experience with that than wood.

[Fnord5]

Worked on it a bit with white rouge and a felt wheel on my dremel.

Need to step up to the faster cutting black, as this blade is a tough SOB.

I was correct in assuming the pitting was very shallow, as it is nearly out already. The spine has a bit that still needs work.

I did pull the scales off, and under them was no rust at all.

No pics for a while, @ work, and want to get more done before I show my progress.