Thread: Wade & Butcher - Black Horn + stainless steel

It's a beautiful thing when an old Wade & Butcher goes back on the line to shave another 100 years.

I must admit, the most pleasure that I receive from this site, is seeing old dead razors given life and used again.

Thank you for sharing your work.

I am the proud owner of this W&B restored by Brad. I have not received it yet but based on the pics he posted he did a beautiful job. I am looking forward to the first shave with this razor.

Love the look of your stainless steel wedge. Classic and very nice.

Clean and simple. I like it, very nice.

Originally Posted by Undream

Lol, not quite.. It is incredibly difficult to sand down stainless steel... I actually held the wedge by its sides with a pair of vice grips, and ground the tapered shape on my 2x72 grinder on a flat platen with an 80 grit belt. After the taper was there, I polished the inside edge (side facing the razor.. and then I pinned the razor, with the excess steel hanging out of the ends of the razor. I then ground off all the excess using my 2x72 again... all the way through 1200 grit belts...

Hi Brad. Would you mind expaining the reference to the 2x72 grinder - is this a 2 inch sanding belt? Also I would appreciate some more detail of the platen and how you used this with the SS to get the taper.

Thanks

Yeah, I have a home-built 2" x 72" grinder / belt sander.

Here is the thread I made when I built it:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/forge...r-project.html


Here is a thread where I show off the flat platen:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/forge...e-grinder.html