I'm thinking about modifying a blade. I want to "fancy up" the spine, modify the toe and/or shoulder. Haven't really figured out the design yet.
The only power tool I have is a Dremel. Which attachment is best for grinding with the Dremel?
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I'm thinking about modifying a blade. I want to "fancy up" the spine, modify the toe and/or shoulder. Haven't really figured out the design yet.
The only power tool I have is a Dremel. Which attachment is best for grinding with the Dremel?
It depends on what kind of cut you want to make. A carbide cutter is a good choice for shallow, rounded cuts, while a thin cut off wheel is good for straight lines. If you're going to do the work on a hardened blade, diamond files are a good investment.
If I may, can I ask another, related question?
Where in the nation can a person have his razor "re-ground" like when they are first done. Like on those wheels with the two opposing grinders that the artisans run the blade through?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39gHw...eature=related
54 seconds into this vid you will see what I am talking about.
Hopefully I am making sense?
I'd like to know for future reference! Or would one be better off trying to make a grinder of that style, themselves? Never did it before so that's why I ask.
Thanks in advance! ;)
~Phil L.
Sticking my neck out, IOW, I may be wrong, but I don't think any of the custom USA makers have that sort of grinding apparatus. They are skilled to the point where they use varying sized wheels to grind their blades to perfection. Joe Chandler, Robert Williams, Josh Earl and Butch Harner all do a perfect job IME, and I have some by all of them. By eye and feel they get 'em done.
If you have seen my grandfathers Brummel-Werk blade you'll understand why I ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I wish there was someone......I'd let them do that razor. It's a full wedge that I think could take that type grinding. I dunno though being a NEWB! :fim:
I have one like it and it is a good shaver as most Brummels are. If it were mine, and I didn't hone my own, I would send it to a competent honemeister for cleaning up and honing. I don't see where the regrind is necessary or advisable. Just IMHO :shrug:
I appreciate the advice, Jimmy! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
The idiots who wrecked that blade (FYI: that picture was taken AFTER I sent it in to a supposedly reputable merchant/razor expert to have it re-honed..) say it was a lost cause in the first place. They insulted me after they ruined it - to cover their own arses! :mad:
The lesson I learned from that TERRIBLE experience was/is take "a before picture" - before shipping your razor to ANYONE!
Live and learn, eh? :(
you did not send it to a knife sharpener did you?Quote:
Originally Posted by PLanzaSr1957
Rumor has it I did! Although the people/company I sent it to purport to be razor experts. All I can say is, ya couldn't prove that by my experience. The blade was damaged on the hone line AFTER it was sent to them. They argue it was NOT and was simply "an old razor which should have been turned away..". That's not fair. The razor was honable - in the right hands. Their stupid moron of an expert wrecked it but good.Quote:
Originally Posted by mainaman
I really hate spreading specific stuff about a company that is supposedly reputable in the razor world. That's why my answers will seem evasive. No names, in other words. Sorry. :(
But I was told the "sharpener" person was/is a knife man NOT a razor man and is new to the whole razor field. That's why I prefaced this with "Rumor has it I did" send it to a knife sharpener.
It looks like it - don't it?
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...K_OpenView.jpg :(
yeah sorry to hear, classifieds has a section for member services in which you can find a list of people that hone razors. I am sure Lynn will fix that bad boy, to its former glory.
Yeah, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by mainaman
And I trust he will.
...and sorry for digressing & taking over the grinding thread a few minutes. Move along....nothing more to see here! ";"
Makes a lot of sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by PLanzaSr1957
Do look at the same video at about 1:01 where
the grind is finished on a single wheel with water.
Some folk use a belt sander to the same end.
But do not jump to the "re-grind" end game.
That is a last resort.An expert restorer can give you advice and
options...
In the photo I cannot tell if the grinding of the
edge is more than ugly.
Perhaps a run through tumblers, polish, oil and
seal in a glass case that can be mounted on the
wall.