Recently finished this little gem off
honed it up on the weekend & had the first shave with it this morning (3 pass WTG/XTG/ATG),
and I must say wow what a beautifully & Keen little shaver it is.
very nice light feel to it
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sorry for the poor photos
The details:
Ebay find received the bare blade with 2 others as a package deal
cleaned her up, no sanding only hand polishing required
made the rest new
also my first attempt at a new Box from a patterned Card
Blade - 5/8" KEEN KUTTER
Blade markings - KEEN KUTTER with the triangle (very faint remnants of gold wash I think)
Tang markings Front - K 746 KEEN KUTTER
Tang markings Back - Shapleigh’s St. Louis U.S.A
Scales – Black Buffalo horn
Wedge - Black Buffalo horn
Pins, washers, & thrush washers – Brass
Honing –
Naniwa 1K - about 40 circles with 20 X strokes in sets heavy until bevel was set (I think it was 2 sets) then 1 light set
Norton 4/8 - about 40 circles with 20 X strokes on each of the Norton 4 & 8K’s - light
Naniwa 12k - about 20 or so X strokes with Glen’s “GSSixguns” pig tails combinations on the 12k
Stropped on a Star Shaving Big Daddy - 50 laps on felt then finished with about 100 laps on the English Bridle