Thread: How do not make it worst?

And THERE you have it! Nice work!

AND the good Padre endorses your efforts and prays that she shaves EVER SO SMOOTHLY as all good Sheffield razors can.

Fabulous job on that razor! i can not believe it is the same one! Enjoy it!

Hello all,

the shave results are great. Very close shave like from well prepared DD:-) There was only two problems:

#1.My technique-this a heavy blade! In some places I pressed to much and burn my skin. I have to remember that this blade work better with earth gravity then my hand:-)
#2.My technique-I am not so skillful with smiling wedge blades. I think I need to improve my technique and use shorter stroke and focus on blade angle toward skin.

Beside that, great!

Excellent news! I must admit that I had my doubts that it could be successfully saved, so I am very happy to hear it turned out well.

Hang in there with getting used to the heavier blade. They are different beasts to be sure, but a lot of us (myself included) eventually come to prefer them. Who knows whether you'll end up favouring a heavier or a lighter blade, but at least you're giving it a shot.

Thank you Cangooer,

in fact, yes the heavy blades are new to me. I have only one heavy blade (in rotation) but I think it is from early/end 1700/1800 and thru years become light:-) It is very old brand which I try to find more info about but never got it much on this brand HOWEVER shave from this baby is top , top of my razors. It just amazing blade, steel is great! I like it! Now it is time to sign up to butcher shop:-) I look into my razor to be prepared and I found few W&B waiting on restoration. One is even bigger than this JE. This one will be challenging:-)

Originally Posted by proximus26

Hello all,

the shave results are great. Very close shave like from well prepared DD:-) There was only two problems:

#1.My technique-this a heavy blade! In some places I pressed to much and burn my skin. I have to remember that this blade work better with earth gravity then my hand:-)
#2.My technique-I am not so skillful with smiling wedge blades. I think I need to improve my technique and use shorter stroke and focus on blade angle toward skin.

Beside that, great!

OUTSTANDING!!

Smiley blades are a tad different as are the heavier blades. Sounds like you're on the right track to getting your technique sorted out.

Enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Thank you, but my work is not as great as other members of this forum. I seen much better job. Thank you anyway. In part, this may be my philosophy and the lack of tools to renovate razors. If the razor has intact its functionality I only try to burnish the edge and clear the scale. It is all what I am doing. If the razor was damaged well then I might ask my good friend to prepare for me few wooden scales. Well but we went quite bit of topic.... Thank you!

Originally Posted by Wullie

OUTSTANDING!!

Smiley blades are a tad different as are the heavier blades. Sounds like you're on the right track to getting your technique sorted out.

Enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Originally Posted by proximus26

Thank you, but my work is not as great as other members of this forum. I seen much better job. Thank you anyway. In part, this may be my philosophy and the lack of tools to renovate razors. If the razor has intact its functionality I only try to burnish the edge and clear the scale. It is all what I am doing. If the razor was damaged well then I might ask my good friend to prepare for me few wooden scales. Well but we went quite bit of topic.... Thank you!

I seriously doubt that any of the fine razor smiths represented here started out much differently than you are starting. The old saying about crawling before walking pretty much applies.

You took a useless old razor and brought it back to life. You fixed it with determination and a minimum of tools. That in itself is no trifling accomplishment considering what the edge looked like on that razor.

Stay with it if you enjoy it.