Thread: Refurbish or not

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Ya the blade is wonky,you can have this blade restored by a pro, pro honed, maybe end up with a 4/8.
spend 60/70 bux to have it done,than you have a razor worth maybe 20 bux, tops,that makes perfect sense

That was right after i had sanded it down to see what it looked like.

After that yes,the blade was not level so i again i used swaying back and forth on 220 grit sandpaper which worked out perfectly to even it out and then i honed it.

It is not at the top of my list like my Wade and butcher's but i got this one for 3$ so it was a great buy.

I have honed it and it is in my rotation,it is a Teague and son's.

I just don't have any pictures of the after photos.

I will take some pics and post them up in a few days.

I just put this up to show what they can look like after a little elbow grease.

Back soon with pics.

This thread and about 3 more just like it prompted me to start a new series of Tips:


http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...er-2013-a.html


Will be addressing issues like these as they arise

Originally Posted by traps38

That was right after i had sanded it down to see what it looked like.

After that yes,the blade was not level so i again i used swaying back and forth on 220 grit sandpaper which worked out perfectly to even it out and then i honed it.

It is not at the top of my list like my Wade and butcher's but i got this one for 3$ so it was a great buy.

I have honed it and it is in my rotation,it is a Teague and son's.

I just don't have any pictures of the after photos.

I will take some pics and post them up in a few days.

I just put this up to show what they can look like after a little elbow grease.

Back soon with pics.

The pictures i put up were just to show that there could be something good under all that goo of a straight, didn't want to complicate any new people taking a look here.

But i did fix it up after so that it could be to my liking and shave good also.

After i saw that it didn't have too much pitting i fixed it up and did even it out,those were just the first photos.

I took off the black scales it had and made a set of wood finished it with shellac and evened it out an honed it.

This is what i made out of it and it does shave well.



Considering it was this when it started up



Still great for the price i got it.

Originally Posted by traps38

The pictures i put up were just to show that there could be something good under all that goo of a straight, didn't want to complicate any new people taking a look here.

But i did fix it up after so that it could be to my liking and shave good also.

After i saw that it didn't have too much pitting i fixed it up and did even it out,those were just the first photos.

I took off the black scales it had and made a set of wood finished it with shellac and evened it out an honed it.

This is what i made out of it and it does shave well.



Considering it was this when it started up



Still great for the price i got it.

The blade looks great,congrats.

Thank you Pixelfixed.

I don't know too much about this company but it shaves ok not great.

But for 3$ it was part of my learning process on making scales shining up blades honing and all the rest.