I’ve been thinking about this restoration for quite a while.
To the extent that i may be overthinking.
You have to prepare well to make sure a restoration goes as smoothly as possible.
The lovely items i’m looking at restoring are 2 quite rusty and sorry for themselves cutthroat razors. Picked up from a carboot a few weeks back.
The scales are scratched up and in bad condition as well.
Preparing for the restoration.
You need to get together everything you need before starting. I do anyway, as i don’t want to get to a point where i need to buy something or make something to complete the build, as i’ll put it down and never get round to it again.
For this restoration i needed quite a lot, so i have ordered and got together everything i need ready to go.
- Pins and Washers in Brass ordered from ebay. Enough for 10 restorations!!.
- hardwood for some new scales ready to go.
- peening hammer and block to work the pins into the scales.
- sharpening stones
- mini files
- brass wire wheels
- polishing heads and compounds
- very fine grit sandpaper
- dremel and small drillbits
I think that’s about everything for this build. seems like a lot for a couple of small razors, but i want to do this right, first time.
Getting on with the build
This will really be the subject of the next post. Also creating a video to go along with this build which will be on my youtube channel.
Any suggestions or advice, shoot me an email or drop a comment.
About Me.
I’m Gareth, a 39 year old Blogger, Photographer, Maker/Restorer of things.
Trying to make my life as full as possible with learning experiences, and helping others along the way.
I love cooking, making, restoring/upcycling boxes, doing fun stuff with my family, photography, giving myself skills and learning something new everyday.
