Hortense Razor Company
6/8 Restore and Rescale in Bloodwood
This one I did a few months ago for a fellow over at Straight Razor Place, as part of a way to say thank you to that community for getting me started (and sunk completely!) into this hobby. This razor was quite tarnished, and had been very aggressively buffed or sanded at some point, leaving the etched blade and tang almost unreadable. I managed to decipher them, though, but didn't (oops) take any before pictures. I need a secretary or something, to remind me...
Rescaled in bloodwood, imitating some scales the fellow I did it for showed me that he very much admired. Many hand-rubbed coats of tung oil, then 4 thick topcoats, stacked stainless-brass washers and brass pins. This blade was ground evenly, but at an angle- not perpendicular. You can see this in the second to last photo. This made it a real bugger to get centered in the scales, but with some tweaking and an extra thrust bearing it turned out just fine- and doesn't interfere with a honing or stropping motion.
The last picture shows the lustrous finish. It was hard to send this beauty back! Hope you enjoy it, Will!
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