Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
I have a few too, most of mine I gave to Tom and Victor. Tom makes artistic wind chimes and Victor was going to try to recycle the steel.
For anyone looking for recycling/reuse ideas for razors well beyond rescue, a canister of old razors with 1084 or 1095 powder can make for a really nice pattern welded billet to turn into new razors or other blades. Forge welding together the spines and tails of old razors *can* be done but it is insanely tricky. I'm 1 for 4 on that approach... Much more reliable return with a canister.

Anyway, I'm afraid I can't find a picture, but I once bought a lot of razors on ebay. It was one of those estate sale kind of things where the seller knows nothing, won't send any more photos etc. It was so cheap I took a chance and got a few decent blades from it, but was excited about the possibility of one: it looked to be a big W&B FBU. The scales looked to be in great shape, so I got my hopes up. When it arrived, it was essentially a spine. I think the blade width was even with the tang at one end, and maybe 1/8" at the toe. So, essentially a mid-19th-century Sheffield toothpick. In the end I was able to salvage the washers, wedge, and scales, and the spine and tang are now part of my sgian dubh, so it worked out OK in the end.

It really is amazing what people will do to good blades.