7 Day set of Union Cutlery Spikes Restored

Hi all, for those of you who were following my thread on the restoration of these Spikes, as promised, here is a photo of the completed set, restored to the best of my ability.

Each razor took about a day to complete. Monday is probably the worst, and the first one I did. As you would expect, Sunday is the best as my technique was getting pretty solid by the 7th razor. Monday has micro's where as all the others got brass pins. Once I'm over my laziness, I'll replace Mondays as well.

In the meantime, only Monday is currently honed, so this weekend there is going to be one massive honing party, or at least as long as I can hold out, until I have all 7 shave ready again. Good thing about Spikes, they are really easy to hone, straight edges and even spines. I've never come across a twisted spike yet, not to say they don't exist.

Monday starts in the lower right hand corner, and Sunday finishes in the upper left corner, going up, so on the right is Mon, Tue. and Weds, and the left is Thurs - Sunday.

Enjoy!!!

Mike

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Great job, they are fine little shavers....

Nice work they look great

Excellent work!

That's a really nice set you got there Mike :tu

Good work! Time well spent

Nice work my friend! they look nice!:tu

Beautiful 7 day set Mike.
Nothing cooler then a 7 day Spike set. Well done.

Cool, Mike! Need a spare? ;)

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Cool, Mike! Need a spare? ;)

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Tom!!! What you got my friend, hehehehe. :)

M

I have the last known existing Spike in the free world! You, obviously, have the rest! :D
Nice Pile, Brother!

Great looking set, i was going to say you nailed it, but should say you spiked.:tu


Jamie.

HI all,

Well, glad to report I have shaved them all (at least a cheek as a test shave) and they are all pretty much good to go. Now I just have to actually use them and not just stare at them. The problem is I have over 50 (approaching 60 pretty quickly) other razors besides these and I just don't have that much face to go around. I've been using 2 razors per shave just so I can test shave all the razors I've been re-finishing lately.

For once in my life, I actually wished I was two faced, hehehehe.

To many razors and not enough face. Story of my life, hehe.

Thanks for looking!!

M

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For once in my life, I actually wished I was two faced, hehehehe.

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My friend! I've told you before! I like you just the way you are! I've never cared for 'two faced' people! I guess that you will just have to be patient for the stubble to return!

While I'm sure that you have modified how I provided you how to hone based on how I hone, I'm very please that I could help a bit!

You do good work my friend!

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My friend! I've told you before! I like you just the way you are! I've never cared for 'two faced' people! I guess that you will just have to be patient for the stubble to return!

You do good work my friend!

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1+! I still have a spare! :D

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1+! I still have a spare! :D

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Tom, let me earn a few dollars, and I'll take you up on that spare!! I sure appreciate it, too.. Your a good man. Thx again!!

M

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Originally Posted by cudarunner

My friend! I've told you before! I like you just the way you are! I've never cared for 'two faced' people! I guess that you will just have to be patient for the stubble to return!

While I'm sure that you have modified how I provided you how to hone based on how I hone, I'm very please that I could help a bit!

You do good work my friend!

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Your a good man too Roy Boy!! I can never thank you enough for all you have done for me. Friendship is it's own reward!!

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Tom, let me earn a few dollars, and I'll take you up on that spare!! I sure appreciate it, too.. Your a good man. Thx again!!

M

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All you need is postage, Mike!
Tom

Very nice. You're lucky to find a set that was complete. The individual ones that I have been finding are in poor shape being ground down by previous owners in sharping.

Great job Mike. Glad to see you found all 7

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Great job Mike. Glad to see you found all 7

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Yep, and yours is one of em! Thanks again Rene!!

M

Nice job!

I have one of those spike wedges. They are sweet shaving razors.

Fantastic looking set. I am attempting to build a Henckels 7 day set (only because I found a sweet Henckels 7 day box that I decided I needed to fill), but I refuse to spend much on each razor, so it will take a while- but I am in no rush.

Question for you Spike fans: the razor in my avatar is one of those little translucent green handled Spikes and that one was my first restore. I was very happy with the way the entire thing cleaned up. However, I have been having trouble getting it honed properly. I can get it pocket knife sharp without a problem, but I can't get it to pop hairs and it certainly won't shave. I have been using a 1K and then 4K/8K setup. Bevel looks good but I just can't get past pocket knife. It was mentioned in this thread and I've seen it mentioned elsewhere that these hone nicely, so I am a bit frustrated. I have done countless mixtures of circles and laps, resetting the bevel, etc. Full disclosure: I'm a n00b honester so I don't know if I should just keep going and trying again and again or if I need to change something up. I would appreciate any advice or tips.

I will continue to research honing Spikes and may need to post in the honing thread, but I wanted to take advantage of the gathering of Spike fans.

Again, great work mjhammer!

Well, they ARE little wedges! They can be a PITA to get going as any wedge. Also, most examples were well-used and have some hone wear. If you are getting an irregular or very wide bevel, that might present a problem. Tape the spine! Also, they are commonly found with frowning edges. Check that. PM Mike! He is a good guy and is surely an expert by now! :D

Thanks sharptonn. I will contact Mike directly if I keep having troubles. I would say the bevel is quite wide... When I first attempted honing it I did not tape, but I soon realized it was going to take a while and have been taping single layer since. I will have some re-resto work to do once I get it shaving; but live and learn. I have attached a quick pic for reference.
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