Thread: Be kind ... first attempt at a blade reprofiling

Holy cow my man... You took QUITE a bit off of that!
I try and save as MUCH of the original blade as I can when shortening them.
Nothing wrong with what you did though.
Sounds like you at least kept it cool.
Plus if it is usable again...I call it a success!

Originally Posted by Chevhead

Holy cow my man... You took QUITE a bit off of that!
I try and save as MUCH of the original blade as I can when shortening them.
Nothing wrong with what you did though.
Sounds like you at least kept it cool.
Plus if it is usable again...I call it a success!

I sort of did that on purpose. My intention was to make a razor with a 50mm to 60mm blade length. ... but thanks ... I don't know if it's a success or not at this point. I need some stones - I'm really just getting into all this. So my intention is to learn about blade construction, geometry, honing and stoning ( and stropping too) on 'junk' ebay and yardsale blades ... and not ruin or hurt a 'good' blade with bad technique. I don't know if that is the 'right' way or not ... but one of the things that has caused my to shy away from straights in the past has been blade maintenance. It's easy to drop in a new SE or DE blade and toss it when it's dull ... but there's a lot more to keep a straight in shaving condition.

It's not THAT difficult to keep a SR in good Shaving shape.

Why would you make the spine radically shorter than the edge? The spine is your guide for both honing and stropping. That angled-back point just makes no sense to me.

Originally Posted by sqzbxr

Why would you make the spine radically shorter than the edge? The spine is your guide for both honing and stropping. That angled-back point just makes no sense to me.

I'm still learning ... and I can always re-shape it. My intention was a 'French point' and the ones I've seen have had a spine slightly shorter than the cutting edge ... and perhaps I got carried away ... but like I said ... still learning

I kind of think I would have left it a little longer, however you had a plan and a reason. Your slope back to make the French point seems a little dramatic. It was a blade that was otherwise already dead, so anything you can learn, even if it is what not to do, marks some success. I think we all have or have wanted to do this sort of thing just to save a blade. So far it looks like you have found success. You may be able to use the old scales even though they broke, they do after all need to be shorter now anyway.

i would make the middle one into a Kamisori. maybe wrap the tang handle with some raw hide or string.

Originally Posted by tintin

i would make the middle one into a Kamasori. maybe wrap the tang handle with some raw hide or string.

Ohhhhh - good idea. I hadn't thought of that . It is a Crane too ... good steel. I'll have to take a second look at it.