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Accepting Razor Restoration and Custom Scale Work on May 1

on April 25, 2011 in News, Ramblings, Restoration

I will be accepting Razor Restoration and Rescales beginning May 1.  If you’re interested in sending me something, please fill out a Quote.  I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.  If you have filled out a quote over the last 3 months and I didn’t get back to you, please re-fill it out.  I’m going to start with a clean slate here.  One of the main reasons, is the drastic change in prices.  Please note — I will only be offering rescales in the following materials:

G-10 (many colors available)
Paper Micarta (Ivory, Antique, Black)
Carbon Fiber
Black Horn
Translucent Horn

Prices for all scales regardless of materials will be the same –  $99.00 — metal lined wedges will add 9 bucks to the price.  If you are looking for wood scales or acrylic scales, please look elsewhere.

As for blade work, I’ll only be accepting razors that meet my requirements.  I’ll be rejecting work if the razor falls into one of these categories:

* is less than 5/8 width
* is a full hollow grind with heavy pitting or rust
* has significant hone wear
* is a razor that I feel is not worth your investment in restoring or rescaling

In addition to these changes, I’ll be adding a new offering –  full re-grinds of near-wedge razors.  The cost for this service will be $90.00.  Inquire for more details.

Thank you!

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4 Responses to “Frustrating week in the shop”

  1. Jeremy Menefee says:
    October 25, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Sweet write up, Brad! This should be posted on razor sites world-round

  2. Brad says:
    October 30, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    Thanks Jeremy!

  3. Jake says:
    January 26, 2012 at 12:14 am

    Never thought people would restore straight razors. You can buy theme so cheap now I just assumed people would would not waste time restoring. I guess an antique is an antique.

  4. Hendy says:
    April 22, 2012 at 11:50 am

    I’m new to this… out of curiosity, are 5/8 cheaper simply because of less metal volume? I’ve read larger blades can be more difficult to use for beginners. If I was going to restore myself, is there anything wrong with a 5/8 if they don’t have some of the more major issues you mention above (rust/pitting in the hollow and/or uneven hone wear)? What causes uneven hone wear, by the way? Is this all due to the previous owners applying uneven pressure? Or something inherent to the blade itself?

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