Thread: my first big restoration project. pipe razor

well, was going at the razor today with the dremel tool polishing it up.... a big one ince by almost half inch chunk of the razor flew off .... im kinda upset with myself at the moment, not sure if ill go on and clean it up and make it a wall hanger or not, but its trashed as far as using it goes

Originally Posted by center5150

well, was going at the razor today with the dremel tool polishing it up.... a big one ince by almost half inch chunk of the razor flew off .... im kinda upset with myself at the moment, not sure if ill go on and clean it up and make it a wall hanger or not, but its trashed as far as using it goes

Were you using felt and rotated it into the edge? What bit/polisher were you using and how did it happen?

well, i was using the standard pads that came with the dremel, which cant have been too cours cause i used sum heavy grit on a large buffer and longer time earlier and took allot more off allot faster, i acutally had the blade fairly clean before i broke it...
now im kinda stuck do i cut it and make a really short small razor, or try and re gring the good steel into more narrow razor

well heres the damage i have decided i must have found some stress fractures in the blade

If you have the tools to cut the tempered steel, I would go shorter rather than narrower, the steel is going to be thicker and softer the closer to the spine you get. cut it, polish it and make some custom short scales and have a unique moustache razor. or a Coochie Razor. Just my $.02

well i have come to the same relisation its far to much to grind it down to narrow, so ill have to go shorter.... ive been debating on how to cut it ... about to go try cutting it underwater

OUCH!!!, happened to me before also

welp finally got another day off work, decided to devote most of it to my poor pipe... heres some pics i still couldnt get some of the pitting off the blade, and i have to hone the razor (i just gave it a quick onceover on a black arkansa stone after i attatched it to the new scales)