had the pleasure to perform the re-scale on this beautiful 7/8" JA Henckels for
@Wolf
Request:
replace original celluloid scales with horn in a design similar to a vintage W&B celebrated squarer scales
finished items:
Scales: Black horn taken to a 5000 grit hand sand
Wedge: Camel bone
Inlay: Original Dancing Twins transferred flush finish
Thrust washers: Original reclaimed copper
Washers: New brass vintage replica bulls eye's with stainless inner washers
Pins: Brass 1/16
Blade received a 5000 grit clean up of the tang to clean away pivot residues
full coating of renaissance wax to scales & blade and hand polish
honing:
The edge was taken from a Naniwa SS 1k with 600 grit slurry to clean water to set the bevel
with removal of minor chipping & rolled edge alone blade (possible stropping damage)
then progressed onto a Jnat progression
Polishing work was done a Uchigomoru Suita using a self-slurry through to clean water
Finished on a Nakayama Asagi using a self-slurry through to clean water finish
No further abrasives were used to finish this razor
some pics of the re-scale in progress & complete
design
initial blank fit & check of shaping to blade
scales are still 5mm thick & square edged here
scales shaped to 1500 grit trying to show the grain in the horn in the sun
determining wedge sizes
trial assembly with micro fasteners
positioning of inlay
I forgot to take pics of this stage
I use tape to boarder the inlay position & protect the scales
then draw around the inlay with marker
& remove all scale material with a 1mm Dremel bit until the inlay fits flush
using a piece of pinstripe tape to hold the inlay it is glued into position using a 2 part epoxy adhesive
this is the scary bit as the epoxy does not melt with acetone like the celluloid scale to remove it if a screw it up
left to cure for 2 days until nice & hard then sand of excess using 800 grit then back up to 5000 grit finish again
final assembly ready for honing
note the scale tails were also shortened
with original scales
honing
playing in Nakayama mud
shave test
thanks for looking