Thread: The J.R. Torrey Co. - US - Worcester. Mass ~ Torrey 922

The owner of this razor had bought this Torrey 922 model but the original tang covers were replaced with some metal ones.

The person he bought it from must have replaced the original ones which were mother of pearl and imo probably damaged, hence the metal replacements.

Anyway, the metal ones did not fit that razor at all so I was asked to replace them with faux tortoise ones and also rescale in the same material. I was also requested to use the T.I. style scale design, a third pin and black acrylic wedge.

It was a challenge replacing those tang covers since I had to sand them down to be very thin. I snapped one tang cover while peening so I had to redo that one. I was trying to not use a spacer but with the material being so thin and brittle I has no choice but to use a spacer. Second time around it all peened nicely and secure.

Basically I rough cut them, drilled the holes and used adjustable screws to hold it together. I then used my dremel with a drum sander, carefully removed and contoured them nicely as close as possible to the tang's frame. Finished with 220 dry, 400 and 600 wet sand paper.

Removed the tang covers.

Used the bench sander and sanding paper to thin out and flatten the covers. Brought the covers to a high shine on my buffer.

Peened everything together and finalized under my buffer to a beautiful shine.


I used a tapered wedge as this would also help in widening the scales for placement of the third pin.

Brand: The J.R. Torrey Co. - US - Worcester. Mass ~ Torrey 922
Grind: 1/2 hollow
Width: 5/8
Total weight: 1.4 Oz
Total cutting edge: 2.65 inches
Scales - Tang covers: Faux Tortoise
Pins / Washers: Brass
Wedge: Black Acrylic

Ohhh, yeah!

Impressive as always Max! The hits just keep on coming.

sharp as a tack

Nice Tang work Max!

The rest ain't bad either.



It's interesting to me to see that you can obtain that kind of (beautiful and lustrous) finish on the tortoise with the buffer after going only to 600 grit with sandpaper. Can I liken it to getting a very good (not mirror) finish on a blade by using a tumbler after only going to 400 grit or so with sandpaper?

One day I will have to talk buffers and compounds with you . . .

Pretty darned snazzy!

I keep expecting you to post a razor that I only think to myself "Meh." but it hasn't happened yet.

Now this is interesting… I was just working on a Shumate’s Shuraco with damaged MOP tang covers. Replaced them with transparent PC… haven’t quite finished yet but looking good so far.


As usual Max, a stunning restore.

Love the T/shell. Nice job Max.

wow Max. Pretty professional!

very beautiful!