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02-23-2015, 04:14 PM #11Senior Member
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Here it is all cleaned up. I was really discouraged to find cracks along the spine and the tang which I assume are from the heat treating process. The cracks were not apparent under the black corrosion. Some of the pitting was scary deep but it cleaned up. I left some pitting around the makers stamp. I have seen these type of cracks in the past on some Sheffield wedges. I do not recall them mentioned in the forums. Can any with more knowledge then me chime in? I expect it will shave well, just not the thing of beauty I'd hoped for.
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02-23-2015, 04:22 PM #12Senior Member
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The pitting does not show in the pictures, so I will leave that up to my imagination. I think it looks pretty darn fine. I don't mind a little pitting here and there as long as it is clean. I have an old Joseph Wostenholm that has enough pitting around the makers mark that it is illegible in parts. I think part of that is the beauty of a truly old blade. I do polish them up and get them smooth when they let me, but I am ok with it when they choose to show their age.
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02-23-2015, 04:27 PM #13Senior Member
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The cracks are likely forging defects. They appear sometimes on older Sheffield blades. Should be perfectly stable, just a cosmetic thing.
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02-23-2015, 05:19 PM #14Senior Member
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The blade faces cleaned up with no flaws other than the defects from forging or heat treating.
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03-03-2015, 03:29 AM #15Senior Member
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great job
very niceSaved,
to shave another day.
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03-04-2015, 02:45 AM #16Senior Member
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excellent job! Hope it shaves as good as it looks!
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03-04-2015, 03:01 AM #17barba crescit caput nescit
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That's interesting, was just browsing in the Classifieds, and there is an ad to buy a "double notched" straight razor, I couldn't recall what a double notched straight razor looked like...now I know! Beautiful job!
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