Thread: W. Greaves & Son Goes Back On The Line.

Hello,
Before hitting the movie with my son this afternoon, I stopped of at an antique store down the street.
I was looking for DE's, but found none. This W. Greaves & Son was lying on the shelf. She wasn't cheap, cost me $30.00.

She's all original, spent 4 hours hand sanding & polishing her.
I honed her by setting a bevel on Norton 1000. I taped one layer to raise the height of the bevel, to cover the prior stone marks (it looks like he ran it over a 220 grit Carborundum, nasty spine wear & edge). I was able to sand out most of the spine damage, but not the edge, so I raised the bevel. I don't know any other way.
I then layered 2 strips of tape and worked the Norton 4000, 8000, PHIG, Shapton 16000.

I shave with her a little while ago, the shave was O.K. at best, I need to revisit the 8000, I think.
This was the second hardest razor I have had to hone yet. I learned a lot from her though.

Here's the photos: