Thread: Silver steel underdog

What would run through your mind if you saw a silver steel Sheffielder in such a poor condition?

I wanted to get a total underdog for my honing experiments. Now I am afraid that I may fall in love with it...

Good luck. Be sure to post some before and after pics for us

Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL

@Sparq, Looks not bad now. I think if I had the tools available, my approach would have been slightly different. I would have cut off the big chip, resulting in the loss of the barbers notch, which you could remake. Personally, I'd prefer a shorter razor than a narrow one. YMMV.

All I have is a set of hones.
I wanted to try a blade that's narrow at the toe (4/8'' currently) - I blame Seraphim for giving me that crazy idea. The blade is dull at the moment but it feels pretty good on my face, I like'em smiling. There are no visible cracks or defects in the steel so chances are I will shave with it one day.

The blade is now reasonably polished with some minor pitting and griding marks. I also played a bit with selective staining / polishing.

Next step: bevel.

It is amazing... to see this razor now, compared to what it was before.
That's some good work man... keep us posted.

Good news: It gave me pretty close shave last night! The blade has the typical feel and sound of Sheffield wedges.
Bad news: It is not keen enough, yet; not on par with my better razors. And I scratched it a bit during the sharpening process.

I set the bevel with 800 King Samurai hone and two layers of electrician's tape on the spine. The tape is a source of grief for me - as it wears out, it is hard to maintain the flatness of bevels. When I'd removed enough metal, I added one more layer to form the second bevel, did a few laps on the 800 hone and then moved on to Conk's Arkansas stone and then to 8k Shapton. Double bevel seems to be good for this near-wedge with so much material removed from the toe.



PS: Perhaps this thread should be moved to the Workshop forum?
PS2: Attached pictures look like crap here, much worse than linking them from some external site.

Originally Posted by sparq

What would run through your mind if you saw a silver steel Sheffielder in such a poor condition?

I'd think there are better ponies to back. Then again, nothing is impossible.

You could grind it to a roundpoint to save edge metal, but it won't be the same razor afterward...

Well i for one think its great to try and bring life back to the old classics ...

just one look at this thread shows what forward thinking and pushing the envelope can do to restore history !

http://straightrazorpalace.com/galle...tory-pics.html


Good luck and let us know how it goes

Step 1 - no chips, please.