Thread: M. Jung my most recent restore

This is my most recent restore & 2^nd try at Acrylic
a really nice little blade that came as a bare blade, at a cost of $15 as one of a 5 str8s & a hone package deal off the bay

it is a 9/16” M. Jung, full hollow, true spike point
Marked ‘M. Jung New York M.I. Germany’ & ‘No 80 Reg. U.S. Pat. Off’

Clean-up of blade was purely hand polish with Autosol no other abrasive applied to the blade,
original factory grind lines & blueing on blade still

Scales: Acrylic Transparent Red
Wedge: Acrylic Fluorescent Green
Pins & washers: Brass 1/16” pins & #00 washers
Thrust washers: #00 brass washers hand flattened to fit the small pivot area





Honing:
about 100 laps of circles & X strokes of the 12K Naniwa
20 laps on Chrox 0.3µ
20 laps on Ferrox 0.1µ
60 laps on Felt
100 laps on English Bridle
tree topping hairs on my arm & passed HHT

shave test this morning
Prep: usual morning hot shower
Soap: Razor Rock Classic soap cream
Brush: E.J. best badger
Shave: 3 pass shave W,X,ATG
Finish: with Truefitt & Hill Freshman Aftershave

final score 10/10 a great little shaver cost me less than $20 including parts & about 3hrs of time

Jungs are REALLY NICE razors!

Nice job on the refresh!

Found 1 in MINT condition a while ago:



Sold it and found another which I THINK I am going to keep!

I love the bright colors. They just pop out!

That wedge came out really nice Substance,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

That is cherry :<0) Nice job !

Love the shape AND the color!

Nice restore...but take my advice...ease up on the oxide stropping you can ruin a great edge...a maximum of 10 passes per compound should be ok...wipe of the blade betwen to avoid contamination. I stopped using oxides a while ago for carbon blades but still use them on stainless.
Yes...it passes the hht with ease but it even if you get a great shave if you keep that abrasion abuse up you'l be back on the hones in a couple of shaves.

The trick is not getting the greatest edge....the trick is getting a close comfortable shave with minimum iritation and exfoliation while removing as less metal as possible.
Cheers.

Nice save, I like everything about it.

Originally Posted by ovidiucotiga

Nice restore...but take my advice...ease up on the oxide stropping you can ruin a great edge...a maximum of 10 passes per compound should be ok...wipe of the blade betwen to avoid contamination. I stopped using oxides a while ago for carbon blades but still use them on stainless.
Yes...it passes the hht with ease but it even if you get a great shave if you keep that abrasion abuse up you'l be back on the hones in a couple of shaves.
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The trick is not getting the greatest edge....the trick is getting a close comfortable shave with minimum iritation and exfoliation while removing as less metal as possible.
Cheers.

I never thought of that! It makes perfect sense. Carbon blade+oxides=rust

Originally Posted by mglindo

I never thought of that! It makes perfect sense. Carbon blade+oxides=rust

I think the oxides are stable in that state...for analogy Al oxide is found on comon sandpaper...it does not promote rust .
I wanted to say that carbon blades have much less wear resistance then stainless and the rounding of the edge happens faster.
Oxides are ment to give a refresh to the edge in the absence of hones and honing skill...not ment to replace them or enhance the result.

There was some hype about microfiber strops and some fancy oxide that yelded atom splitting edges....the rezults are impressive but i doubt a hone of thh same grit would do anything less to the edge.

my 2 cents.