Beautiful work - first I've seen of the color. thanks for sharing.:D

Mark I commented on your facebook post, But this one is as fine as frog hair.!!!

very nice restore and fine looking drum. i like that color.

Another beauty!

Do you have a thread anywhere where you describe your restoration process for these old drums? If one doesn't exist, please consider writing one. I'd love to know how (step by step,) guys like you and Mike C and others, approach restoring these valuable antiques. Questions like; how do you deal with cleaning lacquer, or wrap finishes as opposed to metal shelled drums, what types of cleaners do you use, how do you restore rusty metal, etc. Drum restoration is an art, please consider sharing what you know (what your process is,) with the rest of us. I think you'd be surprised at how many people's attention would be glued to your words

John

A work of art. She's a looker! Any chance of seeing the shell on the inside?

thanks for sharing..

kelly

That is my kind of color.

I agree with Purdie re: the process.

Great work

sa

That is a truly sensational drum.

John, I've posted one or two on some really tough restoration jobs (the Leedy & Ludwig Zebra drum and the Slingerland Lavender Pearl rescue. I'm not sure where they would be located. This particular restoration was fairly simple and it was mainly a case of buffing the hardware on a wheel and hand polishing the shell. It's amazingly un-faded, or at least there is no real difference between the exposed wrap and what's under the hardware.

LOVE IT!!! Nice job too BTW!