Thread: Geneva shorty

I got a request for a broken razor. Seems the guy wanted a shorty and wondered if I had anything useable. The only thing at hand was this Geneva. So I lopped of the tip and shaped it into a shallow Spanish Point. I didn't take it further as it may have looked a bit odd on such a shorty. The rather blurry shot shows it against a round point Geneva for reference. Once that was done I polished up the blade and shaft then made up some Horn scales for it. Just a fun ' little ' project.

It's a beautiful thing to see a blade that would be tossed by most, to be given life & shave again.
Great job, Carver.

Yeah, I want to save them all, fool that I am.
Short yes, but not short on shaving ability. Geneva's, common as they seem to be, have given me some great shaves. And it's kinda pretty to boot!

Beautiful work as usual!

What are you using as a grinder? The last time I put a blade near a grinder, everything was going great until i got near the razor's edge and the grinder (in a blink of an eye) tore off a chunk of the blade so the end result looked like what you started with. I was able to rescue the blade by using a Dremel cut off blade to get a rough shape (plenty of cooling along the way). Then I used a Dremel oxide stone wheel to finalize the shaping. I have had bad luck with rotary tools trying to remove pitting or polishing the blade, but the Dremel worked well for reshaping the blade.

You know me, always asking for your "secret" ingredients for what you do! What can I say? If I could learn one tenth of what you know, I would be a much better craftsman than I am.

Randy

I don't use a grinder. None of my pieces are "reground" . A Dremel type tool will do the work if approached carefully.

I've done some grinding on several different blades of mine using my dental handpiece very carefully and a heatless stone.

I use it 4 hours a day or more on porcelain, for the last fifteen years however, so I'm really comfortable with it and have absolute control of the speed with my foot pedal.

It can be done that way, and well, but I can see how it could be really dangerous to the blade or your hand.

Also, outstanding work carver!