Thread: Beginning First restore

Here are some beginning shots of my first restore. It's a C&S Sollingen
Babbar. the new scales are Pearwood and the spacer is deer antler.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Looking good, keep the pics coming as you progress.

If you want your wedge (spacer) to be nice and tidy, I would pin the razor together with some microfasteners and carefully shape it to the scales.

Stu

Thanks, way ahead on that one. Lol got a lot of thinning of the scales to do. They didn't look all that thick but the are. I think if I was to do it again I would make the scales one piece.

Here's an update:
Just fitting the blade( which I will restore last) and the bone wedge to the new Pearwood scales. Just checking clearances and how the blade sits to see if any adjustments will be needed.

Nice work! I can't wait to see the finished product.

Thanks! And neither can I !!!

*UPDATE*
Well I tool the blade and began to sand and sand. Here it is after 350g

I then moved to 600 then 1000 and finally 1500. So although I left a few faint pits due to the fact that major contouring would need to be done I instead left them. Here is the finished blade ready to go into the new scales.

Some more pics

Here are the finished scales. I was going to go high gloss but decided that a nice oiled satin look was more in line with the simple blade. First 2 pics are the scales shaped and sanded to 1500 grit. Nice and thin!
The second pic is with the oil finish just waiting to dry.

Looking good!!