Thread: Wiki: Care, maint., or restore suggestions

It would be incredibly helpful if a guide (beginner or other) be created in the wiki for polishing up and maintaining antique razors. With the wiki contest going on, I think this would be a prime opportunity for someone with this knowlege to pass it on to the greenhorns, like me.
thanks guys
-Patrick

Patrick:

Here are 24 of them right off the bat, they are not all maintenance but most are...

The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
A

• A simple honing method with DMT-E , Belgian Blue Whetstone and Coticule
• Adjustable Pins aka Microfasteners
• Advanced shaving techniques for the straight razor

B

• Beginner's Guide to Honing
• Bevel Creation Guide

E

• Easy Scale Fitting
• Epoxy resin finishing scales

H

• Hand sanding a blade

H cont.

• Hone Lapping 101

I

• Illustrated Guide to Fixing Warped Scales
• Illustrated Guide to Restoring a Straight Razor
• Illustrated Guide to Un-pinning and Re-pinning
• Illustrated Guide to Using Micro Abrasive Film
• Illustrated Guide to making Überlather

L

• Lightbox Instructional

N

• Norton Pyramid Honing Guide

O

• One way to hone an eBay or damaged blade

P

• Pasting a strop - a photo tutorial
• Progressive Honing Guide

R

• Removing Defects From Epoxy Resin Scales

S

• SRP axioms of shaving
• Sharpness tests explained

T

• The Rolling X

W

• Washer die & sanding mandrel

Some of the guys Beberlin / Hoglahoo / Jimbo in particular having been working pretty hard to get these all together.... So you Greenhorns can find them....

Smokeeater you make a good point. I think the part of the goal of the wiki is to gather together information that is scattered around into an easy reference. I'd like to merge some of the existing articles already with others by comparing and contrasting information that is already there and removing specific and detailed information that is repeated over and over in several articles, but wisdom whispers that I should wait until the wiki contest is over!

Once again your spectacular aura (which is about - I've seen it about) shines through Lee! That is an excellent idea. We shall wait.....bide our time, if you will.....watching in the shadows......and then....POUNCE!!! Let them have their competition, keep them occupied with "Hams and Plaques". All the while, we will be collecting, collating, categorising, condensing, coding, coalescing, and critiquing (and maybe counting) in the background.

Mwahahahahahaaaaaaaa!

James.

PS - I have only put one page on the Wiki so far - why does everyone seem to think I am an integral part of the Wiki? I will be - but not yet gentlemen. Not yet. But mark my words...the day will come when men (and women, but mainly men and perhaps one or two women - maybe more, who can say in this modern day and age?) will see the name Jimbo, and tremble in Wikidatation. One day, the Wiki will be MINE!!!

I've read your post before Jimbo, but today it has me belly laughing. I can imagine you in a slick waxed black handlebar moustache, evil grin, and darkly looming cackle methodically plan out your future missions with an increasingly alarming pitch in your voice

"Ta"