Well I'm no craftsman and my one attempt at scale making was poor but I found a razor in a collectables shop and got it for £5.
Well I set to with some sand paper and then with some Autosol I wasn't aiming for a mirror finish as I like some age to show.
I have some horn that I ordered and never got round to using so I used one of the scales (they needed replacing as one was split) to draw a template and then altered the design a little bit.
I have never worked with horn before and don't really know what you should doe with it, I suppose I could have researched it 1st, but it stinks like burned hair when working it.
I rough cut it with a band saw then shaped it with a grind stone before refining it with various grades of sand and wet and dry paper. Since I'm not practised at peening I used M6 bolts to secure it and I managed to reuse the original lead spacer.
There were some chips in the blade that needed honing out and then I honed it using 3 layers of tape, finishing on a Naniwa 12K.
The maker looks like ATHENSON BROS Sheffield although I can't find any reference to them.
Here is the result.
Well I set to with some sand paper and then with some Autosol I wasn't aiming for a mirror finish as I like some age to show.
I have some horn that I ordered and never got round to using so I used one of the scales (they needed replacing as one was split) to draw a template and then altered the design a little bit.
I have never worked with horn before and don't really know what you should doe with it, I suppose I could have researched it 1st, but it stinks like burned hair when working it.
I rough cut it with a band saw then shaped it with a grind stone before refining it with various grades of sand and wet and dry paper. Since I'm not practised at peening I used M6 bolts to secure it and I managed to reuse the original lead spacer.
There were some chips in the blade that needed honing out and then I honed it using 3 layers of tape, finishing on a Naniwa 12K.
The maker looks like ATHENSON BROS Sheffield although I can't find any reference to them.
Here is the result.