Thread: 13/16+ E Blaydes & Co.

I spotted this one on the bay and the toe was chipped off so I thought it would give me a chance to try to reprofile the point since I haven't tried that yet. It was described as a 6/8 in excellent condition, nothing broken, and very clean. Well it was in good condition minus the toe being chipped off so I made an offer and was able to get it for $15. Figured if I mess up the razor it wouldn't be a huge loss. When I got it it was just shy of 7/8 not 6/8. Looked like it was originally a french point. I decided to try to use my dremel to get rid of some of the metal. After putting my dremel in a vise I proceeded to remove some of the metal. The new profile is the outer edge of the marker in the first picture so didn't really lose anything that wasn't already missing. I was afraid to ruin the blade so every 1-2 seconds I would stop and let the blade cool. It didn't even get warm, but better safe than sorry. After I got rid of the majority of the point I took it to my norton 220 (finally found a use for my 220 other than supporting the 1k) then to a fine carborundum stone and then I finished with a very fine ceramic stone. With the point reprofiled I needed to make new scales so I decided to finally use the slab of horn that has been sitting here and bone for the wedge. This was the first set of horn scales I made from scratch. I figured if I was going to use the horn I might as well try doing an inlay also so I went with MOP for the inlay. Went with dots since they seemed like the easiest to do for my first time. This razor was a first for me in so many areas I felt like a kid in a candy store. It was rather fun to do. The blade is a 1/2 hollow and 3" from back of the heel to the point and the edge is 2 5/8" long so didn't really lose anything from it since it measures the same as most of my razors. It didn't turn out that bad, but the inlays ended up lower than I wanted.

The horn scales and inlay looks very nice, but that blade with its new profile is stunning. I have a couple of "Shortys" and find they are a pleasure to use. Great work!

Thank you. The blade isn't really short. The razor seemed to be long before the chip and it turned out to be the same size or bigger than most of my razors. I have to hand it to the people that do inlays or make scales from horn from scratch cause it really wasn't as easy as I hoped it was going to be, but turned out to be an excellent learning experience. The horn wanted to do the exact opposite of what I wanted it to do at first. It was like asking it to go right and it turning around and saying no I think I'll go left.

Excellent work all around. Looks really good finished and I'd never know you had reprofiled the blade.

It looks really nice and I bet it shaves great. Ready for the next one ?

Ready for the next one? Are you kidding me I am looking forward to trying that again. It was a fun and exciting learning experience.