My 8 year old son picked me up a Gem Featherweight for my birthday at an antique store with the money he gets from doing chores.
Here's what it looked like when he gave it to me.
He hung out with me while I cleaned it up today. The top cap was a a little bit pitted plus I'm a bit jealous of Old Sarge and the bare brass top cap on his 1914 little lather catcher. The combination caused me to spend an inordinate amount of time hand sanding the top cap of the Featherweight down to bare brass. Here are the results.
BTW Old Sarge I never did ask how you got your top cap to bare brass. The finish doesn't look sanded.
Here's what it looked like when he gave it to me.
He hung out with me while I cleaned it up today. The top cap was a a little bit pitted plus I'm a bit jealous of Old Sarge and the bare brass top cap on his 1914 little lather catcher. The combination caused me to spend an inordinate amount of time hand sanding the top cap of the Featherweight down to bare brass. Here are the results.
BTW Old Sarge I never did ask how you got your top cap to bare brass. The finish doesn't look sanded.