Case Restore for Kampfe Bros/ Star Razor

I was inspired to restore my case for the Kampfe Bros/Star Razor by Jim over on The Shave Den. He had restored his, and I wanted to do the same for mine. So I probed his mind for some information and jumped in. Here it is before.

The snap is broken.

The inside is not too bad, but the hinge is broken, too.

Here it is after I finished the restore. I just brush cleaned the velvet inside, removed the paper like coating, sanded, and painted the exterior. I also affected a repair for the snap.

I painted the case inside and out with acrylic black paint.

I am very happy with the results.

Rubberset 400 Restore

I was sent this Ruberset 400 #4 by a fellow shaver on TSD. He wanted it polished up and replace the knot with an Omega 49 knot. Well, when I got it, I was surprised that the knot was original and really appeared to be in good shape. I cleaned it all up, washed the knot, and decided that it might be best to keep the knot. So, I contacted him and shared my thoughts.

Right out of the package with the Omega 49.

The knot appears to be a great knot.

This is after I buffed the handle a bit.

I did a little hand polishing with these results.

I decided to do a test to see how it lathers. I used Williams, and boy did it perform. After communicating with Doug, I decided that I will use it for tomorrow's shave and see how it performs face lathering.

If this were my brush, I would not replace the knot. If tomorrow's shave goes well, I will just polish up the handle and send it back to Doug. What a great brush!

Rubberset 200 Restore

I am expecting this Rubberset 200 brush today that I will be restoring. I am chomping at the bit to get my hands on it.

Update: November 2, 6:30 PM

The brush arrives with two 24mm boar knots.

The knot is removed.

The ferrule is cleaned up.

Dry fitting the knot.

The ferrule unscrews from the handle.

Paint applied to the lettering.

All clean and ready to have the knot set.

I prepared the handle for the knot by putting a piece of pvc pipe in the bottom and then putting a quarter on top of that to provide a place to glue the knot. I epoxied the pvc and the quarter in place.

In the mean time I have lathered the knot to prepare it for setting tomorrow.

November 3 

All finished and ready to go. The RS 200 will be going along with JR#238 and JR#239 to live in Mission, TX.

Ever-Ready 100T Restore

Two-band badger

Update: August 10. The knot came in today.

Update: The brush is finished.

Made-Rite 12 Restore

 I got this Made-Rite 12 on eBay. I have been wanting a green a brush for a while, and this fit the bill. It also gave me something I can practice a restore on.

Moving  to the outside to remove the knot and start the restore.

I cut the bristles off in preparation for removal of the knot.

Here I have removed the knot with my Dremel.

 Using a buffer pad on my Dremel, I cleaned up the outside of the handle.

 The bottom had some cracks. I will clean it up as best I can and go from there.

 I had to make the opening a little bigger to accommodate this boar knot. It is going to look pretty good when I am through.