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I paid a little too much for this, but I had to have it, as The initials PJM have a connection for me. I did pay much less than these usually go for, but the blade is a bit overhoned, and the nickel diamond was coming off the scales. It was just under 5 hours start to finish, not yet honed.
Oh, and I came up with my own washer doming method since I couldnt find a dopping block.
And you're going to keep that a secret? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by souschefdude
Turned out nicely, they are indeed very nice shavers IMHO
Wow, that's an amazing transformation.
Beautiful.
Do tell. I haven't tackled that one yet so any insight would be great!Quote:
Originally Posted by souschefdude
I drilled a hole in the side of my hammer head , which I use as an anvil. The hole is the same diameter as the washer being domed. The hole is barely 1/16 inch deep. I rounded the bottom of a drill bit which is just slightly smaller than the hole. Place washer in hole, face side down. Tap down with the drill bit. Remove by tapping into the washer hole with a 1/16inch punch.
Nice save. You will love the way it shaves. Lots of ways to dome. You did a really authentic job.
I also just gone done restoring a cmon blackie..there great shavers.. I have also been searching for a long time.. With the crazy prices I finally found one at a decent price.. The search and wait was worth it.. Enjoy great job!!
Sounds pretty logical on the doming. My stumbling block was the punch. The drill bit is perfect. Thanks
Looks great, nice restore!
Great resto
Looks like it will be a great shaver
Very nice job! I really like C-Mons so am a bit biased - still a great restore though!
To those of you with these blades, was yours a bear to hone too? I took a lot of work to get a bevel.
I don't have a blackie, but some of my C-Mon razors were a bit cranky. I thought it was me, but perhaps you are onto something.
Tried for awhile with one piece of tape. No dice, close but not quite there. Went to 2 and finally got a usable edge. Flattening the stones around the same time may have helped also.
Have a C-Mon Cadillac and it's a breeze to hone. The others are all Blackies and they're not so quick to take a good edge. They'll hoe up nicely, but take a bit more time. The Cadillac is around 6/8 and the others are 5/8 or 11/16 - so maybe it's a function of the width - or more accurately the angle of the bevel. As you found, one piece of tape on a Blackies doesn't seem to be enough, two works better for me on them.
And as always a good lapping of the stones before honing is always a good thing!
Very nice save on this one!
As to the domed washers I too have a divot in my hammer head. To dome the washer though I simply rounded the end of a large (12d) nail to create the punch.Be sure to back these up with some smaller washers or they will flatten out when peening.
Awesome restore!!
A great addition to your collection!!
Ray
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Originally Posted by mycarver
Great minds and all that eh?
