Thread: G Willis Hinchcliffe

Today i finished this G Willis Hinchcliffe Sheffield 1804-1850. In Ivory.

The reason i chose this one was because of the cracked scales at the pivot end. It gave me a chance to practice a vintage style repair. Basically lining just the pivot area and fixing the steel liners with pins. This type of repair appeals to me.

The blade was given a mirror polish finished with a whitening colour. Shame about the pitting near the tang stamp.

Honing was 10/20 laps: DMT 235
20 laps: Kramer Zwilling 400 Grit
Bevel set Kramer Zwilling 1K
Ozuku Kiita / Botan / Tenjou / Mejiro / Koma / Hard Tomo
50 Laps Linen / 50 Laps Shell Cordovan (To be specific)
This style of blade is susceptible to bad bevel angles . I went with one layer of Polyimide tape.

I took too many photos so this is a bit of a mishmash

I think this beauty deserves to be in a shaving video

Love that blade shape, I’ve tried grinding a couple of them so far with no luck. Nice job on the scales. Looks like it won’t ever crack there again given how you isolated it. Is that a pretty typical repair approach for the age of the razor?

One last question, is the spine evenly tapered from toe to tail?

Amazing work. It's beautiful.

Are the three pins a style choice, or is epoxy or CA glue not resilient enough for a long term fix?

Originally Posted by Tathra11

I think this beauty deserves to be in a shaving video

Thanks Tath, i will try it in my next heartstopping high octane youtube video

Originally Posted by jfk742

Love that blade shape, I’ve tried grinding a couple of them so far with no luck. Nice job on the scales. Looks like it won’t ever crack there again given how you isolated it. Is that a pretty typical repair approach for the age of the razor?

One last question, is the spine evenly tapered from toe to tail?

Hi JFK, I find these razors without shoulders are quite easy to grind but i don't like the word grind. I gently remove the minimum amount of metal to get a straight bevel, not too bothered about leaving some pitting.
The spine is not tapered . Cheers

Originally Posted by planeden

Amazing work. It's beautiful.

Are the three pins a style choice, or is epoxy or CA glue not resilient enough for a long term fix?

Hi Planeden, It is a style choice , I don't like using CA for anything ..epoxy & CA could work because at the end of the day everything is all tight together in that area.

Nice job. It’s nice to see old ivory kept going.
When JFK was talking about grinding that style, I am thinking he was try to make a razor that shape from scratch.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Nice job. It’s nice to see old ivory kept going.
When JFK was talking about grinding that style, I am thinking he was try to make a razor that shape from scratch.

Oh I c..
I will hopefully one day make razors.. I just need an oven, a new house and a million pounds wouldn't hurt

You can do it for a lot cheaper than you would think. You have all the tooling to finish them, and a belt grinder, iirc. An oven for heat treating can be a simple gas forge with a muffler and a thermocouple. Quench oil for 1080 series and 1075 could be canola oil. You understand the geometry needed to produce a good shaving razor as well as proper scale operation. I think the only thing you’re missing, really, is getting bit by the bug. Stock removal is a cheap easy way to get going just need to cut out the profile.