Worcester Razor Co. Red Devil Tobacco

[PaulFLUS]

It needs a little love but this one should clean up pretty well. Worcester Razor Co Red Devil Tobacco 9/16" square point, 1/2-3/4 hollow with minimal pitting. Mainly surface rust. And it has the original box.

[PaulFLUS]

This really should be in "What Are You Working On" thread but I'm not technically working on it anymore. I think it cleaned up pretty well.


I like these quick shine em up, hone em up, strop em up projects. I'll probably shave with it in the morning.

[PaulFLUS]

Something I learned from this one or at least it occurred to me when I got this one. To keep from removing the engraving... actually I think it is etched but whatever. The point remains that I wanted to just get the surface so I took sand paper and wrapped it around a brass pipe 5/8" in diameter and used it to sand the hollow.
Maybe this is old news to everyone but it was a new one for me for this application at least for sanding the grind. I have laid paper flat on a flat surface for the tang and tail but for some reason it didn't occur to me to use something round for the hollow.

[RezDog]

I started hand sanding with wine corks as a backer, and then Richard sent me some hair curlers and that has been my go to since.

[Euclid440]

I use a synthetic wine cork, wrapped with a 3x3 inch piece of 6mm craft foam wrapped with a 3x3 inch piece of wet and dry.

The Synthetic corks are harder and smoother than cork, corks and have a flat end for getting into the corner of a stabilizer.

The foam has just enough give to conform nicely to the curve of the belly or a flat and is thick enough to give your fingers something to grab onto without cramping.

I usually start with 600 and go up or down from there, 600 will get most small scratches out without causing any deep scratches. From 600 I go to 1k or the buffer with green compound. 600 grit scratch pattern is easily removed.

A sheet of 9X12 6mm craft foam $2 is a nice working surface and can be covered with a paper towel for messy work.

[PaulFLUS]

So I shaved with this little gem this morning and it worked quite nicely. When put on the hones it proved to have no warp and took a nice even bevel. After heavy sanding on a blade I usually do the pyramid progression on the Norton 220 x 1000 then do The pyramid on the 4000 x 8,000. This time I didn't go to the 12K to finish. It sounds strange but I've found some razor shave better without finishing and some need to be finished. I don't really understand the minutiae of honing enough to know why. I just try it until it works best and then stick with that for that particular blade