7/8 W&B, For Barber's Use

So,

I was over at Dllandry's last week making some strops with him. One thing leads to another and we head downstairs to look at some razors and hones. He had this one down there, but it had a problem. There was a crack about a third of the way from the toe, and it was about 3/16" long. It was long enough that you could bend the pieces of the blade away from each other.

I took it to the grinder and re-profiled the edge to match the spine. Set the bevel and evened out the spine, and then greaseless. I think he'd put it in his tumbler before, so the small pits were clean.

I ran the blade through all the polishing compounds, and this is as close to mirror as I've ever gotten. My thanks goes out to Max for putting up with my "How do I...." emails. :beer1:

New horn scales, up to 12k micromesh, stainless and Niag washers/pins. Bone wedge.

Was playing around with some black background photography too....I found it much more difficult than a white background.

Thanks for looking.
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Great save on a beautiful blade!

I dare say that looks fantastic, some great scotch and a few cigars...the razor is not bad looking either. :) Great work!

That's what I'm talking about (cigars/scotch) included :)

Good to see you were persistent in achieving that final mirror. Two thumbs up. Have a great Sunday.

Nice Job! Those, shortened and smiled a bit, are really nice shavers! I like it!

Great job Nate! :tu
so what did you end up with? near 6/8? it looks awsome!
I like the horn.
I always look forward to seeing your work.
See ya in Guelph!
Mike

All I can say is WOW that came out awesome thanks.

Really nice work :tu

It is always a good feeling to take one outta the scrap heap and end up with something that looks like that !!!


I really like the wedge design :p

Excellent work! Those Cohiba Robustos look nice too.

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Originally Posted by Bayamontate

Excellent work! Those Cohiba Robustos look nice too.

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They taste great too!

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

Really nice work :tu

It is always a good feeling to take one outta the scrap heap and end up with something that looks like that !!!


I really like the wedge design :p

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Thanks G!

I've been playing around with extending the base of the wedge a bit. It can be a bit finicky to taper accurately, but I've found that they look sweet when they fit. Hmmmm, maybe I got some firsthand knowledge about that with a WB of my own?? :shrug: :angel:

If you taper first, then cut/sand out the swoop it will never be a problem again :)

I saw it once on an old set of scales, and I realized that it also would act as a blade block if dropped or mis-handled and started doing them that way about 3 years ago.. plus I like the look :p

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They taste great too!

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Have you tried the Ramon Allones Extra yet? If you haven't, highly recommended.

Great looking razor and a very skillful resto job. I especially like your scale shaping and the white spacer in contrast. :D Ken

Thats a georgious looking razor! Nice work.

Nice looking sticks laying there !

I am REALLY feeling the understated classy elegance of translusent/brown horn scales :)

I love that restoration and barber's notch. Mirror finish indeed. I want! :p

That is the nicest looking cigar cutter I've ever seen. Great job !