Thread: Stabilizer correction

No Marty. I can't take credit for that one.
But it does look like a few I've done in the past. Plus the fact that some of my work goes out to members through the Giveaway. I can't keep track of whats my work and what ain't any longer.

Yes, Steve. There you go. Now get to grinding that heal on the Diamond plate.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I thought you said it was at the heel but I see what Bluesman is talking about. Maybe it's lighting but it looks like there's one near the toe also.
Looking at that pic again that is some pretty wicked magnification. Based on how high the magnification looks it should probably hone out fairly easily. But first FIX THAT UGLY ASS HEEL. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. It's easy to be shy of taking that much off of the blade because you can't put it back on but that is nowhere near trimmed enough.
Make it look something like this:
Attachment 329070
See how much more appealing that looks? AND the stabilizer is out of the way.

Yeah actually that's very nice and also very practical. I think it ought to be a routine thing. 40 years from now, somebody else will be honing that razor and it will be a good bit smaller than it is now, but still no heel hook.

I'm actually doing new Gold Dollars that way now. Before I only did the ones that really needed it, and I just freehanded it. I tried the coin trick (tried a quarter, but found the smooth edge of a nickel to work better and not chew up my sharpie) and I like the consistency. So I actually picked up a pretty good idea here that will improve my product. I do mine on a belt, which does leave a burr, but a few swipes on a coarse stone laying on the bench with a finger pressing down right on the heel takes care of that, and then I can forget about it and just hone.It takes about 5 minutes but saves about 15 minutes. I'll make a youtube when I do the next batch. So thanks, Paul and Jerry, for briging this to my attention.

Saw this one on EBay this morning. Most probably all of this damage was caused by honing on the stabilizer.

The guy just kept doing more of the same using more pressure, trying to get the heel on the stone.

A few minutes reprofiling that heel could have saved all that spine and edge wear.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Saw this one on EBay this morning. Most probably all of this damage was caused by honing on the stabilizer.

The guy just kept doing more of the same using more pressure, trying to get the heel on the stone.

A few minutes reprofiling that heel could have saved all that spine and edge wear.

HAHAHA LOL How many have I seen like that? A LOT, but not so many carried to such an extreme. A couple, though, that were honed almost to a spearpoint. And you called it perfectly; honing with the stabilizer riding on the hone.

Lovely old cell scales, though, huh? I wish the darn things weren't so toxic or potentially toxic to razor steel.

At one time it was a nice D. Peres.

The seller still thinks it is worth something, for the scales I guess, $25 is a bit pricy with shipping.

Unfortunately the sellers, given the indisputable increased demand for vintage razors, now make this equation: Old = Vintage and of value, whatever the conditions.

Originally Posted by Skorpio58

Unfortunately the sellers, given the indisputable increased demand for vintage razors, now make this equation: Old = Vintage and of value, whatever the conditions.

Not if we won't buy. Seller doesn't determine the sale price. Seller only determines the ask price.

Originally Posted by CrescentCityRazors

Not if we won't buy.

That's exactly what I do... in such cases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ8Og8_WytU

Don't worry, it's a short one.

He did not take enough look at 1:20 on the video, not even close to the line he marked.

Look at the curve of the heel, does that match the dime radius. I would have used a Quarter, because grinding an edge will remove a lot of steel on a Gold Dollar and move the heel corner closer to the stabilizer.

You want the straight part of the edge, to end up about a ¼ inch from the stabilizer.

Do not know what the grit on that belt is but it is not aggressive at all the steel at the heel is thin.

Mark the side that will face you when you grind, then follow the line.