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05-13-2008, 10:21 PM #1
I contacted a friend at a local college, and here's what he had to say:
"We have a project this summer that would be perfect for the situation you have. We're working to set up an inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer which is a great tool for multi-element analysis of alloys. The only drawback is that the sample must be dissolved in acid and destroyed. It might be a great test of the new instrument once it is set up."
So we're in business....
Josh
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05-13-2008, 10:43 PM #2
Josh, this is a great idea and I am really looking forward to hearing the results of the analysis. If it is needed I have an Electric Cutlery razor from New York that I would be willing to send you to test and destroy in the process. I think that I remember being told that Joe Chandler thought very highly of the steel and shave quality that these razors provide so it might be worth testing. There are a few old dubl ducks in my collection I have not got around to restoring that I might be willing to give up for experimental purposes, but hopefully someone else will volunteer to give one up first
Last edited by heavydutysg135; 05-13-2008 at 10:51 PM.
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05-13-2008, 10:50 PM #3
I just took a look at my “work pile” and found a few more that you might be interested in. A Heljestrand faux frameback from Eskilstuna Sweden and a Klaas from Eskilstuna Sweden might be good candidates that I would be willing to donate to the cause. I also have a Claus from Germany that I could send but it has a fair amount of corrosion that would have to be removed. Will the corrosion contaminate the tests?
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05-13-2008, 11:22 PM #4
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05-14-2008, 06:11 AM #5
superduper. they are building one of those whachamacallits, one of those thingamajiggies
Now I have images of beaker and bunsen with straights
Do we simply send out our sacrificial lambs to your address?Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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05-14-2008, 09:00 AM #6
Well I have a a genco or two I'd be willing to sacrifice
Just need to know where to send it.Last edited by bevansmw; 05-14-2008 at 09:11 AM.
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05-14-2008, 01:04 PM #7
I have wondered about the temper and content of various razors myself. In the book Hatcher's Notebook a longtime ordinance officer General Julian Hatcher compiled notes on his observations made over the years. Among the topics was the heat treating of '03 Springfields. Some of them below serial # 800,000 were prone to failure and had in some cases caused serious injury to the shooter.
It was found that the workers responsible for the heat treatment relied on the color of the metal as it was being heated and cooled to determine when the correct temper had been reached. After further analysis it was found that depending on whether it was a sunny or an overcast day the temperatures of the metal being heat treated could vary up to 300 degrees using the eyeball method. Afterwards the Armory began using pyrometers and the problem was solved.
I bring this up because I am assuming that the razorsmiths in the 1800s probably tempered by eye so the results will probably vary whereas once pyrometers were introduced tempering would have been more consistent.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.