Thread: What a Day

Started with a trip to the hardware store to buy some DMT's and wet-dry sandpaper.

Then I looked for an old chisel I knew was somewhere in the garage....somewhere. My wife found it. She brought it in for me with a file. I spent the next hour cleaning it up so as not to foul my new hones when I broke them in.

Then I found an old soap bottle and cleaned it up to have a soapy water container to wet my new DMT hones. Another two hours and they were ready for a razor.

Then I decided to lap my new stone hones and my older ones too. This went a bit faster and finally I was ready to take out the dremel and work on that project razor I bought several months ago.

Learning as I go; I got the rust off the razor, but realized without much more work it would stay lightly pitted....almost a dusting. But; I did get it nice and shiney. And; managed to chip it in two places on the blade with the dremel...<sigh>. Now I know why I got that DMT 325 Coarse hone.

Several hundred strokes and I was ready to set a bevel.

It went quicker from there. I did some alternating passes from one hone to another and used the yellow couticle and a couple of Japanese stones beyond.

Stropped it and had to try ....Great Shave! Now if I haven't ruined the temper with my polishing on the Dremel, I have another nice razor for the rotataion.

Tired but happy.

Sounds like a good day of the best kind of work, the fun kind!

Three cheers for hard work with good results.