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I've seen examples of the type with 2razors and one I had with 2 swinging parts, one the cover and the other thicker one for 2 razors with 2 more razors in the base.
It had a padded paddle strop on...

Very nicely accomplished ! 'Tis a true treasure.
-Richard

Yes, the hard vacuum, (29 inches of mercury), boils the water out of the solutions or substrates.
Roughly the opposite amount as a high humidity day's relative humidity or higher for reading on a...

Hi Randy,
In industry we did the same thing but used vacuum and had a view port to know when to break the vacuum before the bubbles overflowed the container.
Both seem to work. Early urethane's...

I cannot, I'm on a cellphone only.
I think that the thread is the first in my started posts.
-Richard

There is a thread from 2014 named
"Revealing Etchings "

FWW Almost all of my antique mounted stones including a few Coticules were bedded in plaster of Paris, the opening of the wood was tight. Thinner stones especially, were which made setting a tapered...

Seeing the condition of the bevel in the first photo, I would suspect inter-granular corrosion. Meaning, the bevel area will keep on crumbling as you try to put a fine shaving edge on the blade....

Before going to a government funded agency, it would be wise to reread the latest version of the law pertaining to endangered species and regulations as to what is now banned.
Confiscation is...

There are small tank type units that would work if you have a 100plus psi compressor, out side use only ! I also had a small blast, 2ft x2ft cabinet. Both from Harbor Freight. You have similar...

I had good luck with a airbrush eraser for many uses. HF used to sell them cheaply. Hand held soda blaster with baking soda as a medium for cleaning up a blade. Used with pumice for etching.
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Yup, but check YouTube for demonstration of the product. Good to experiment with. My use was 10 plus years ago.
We built up a different rig for product use using a cheap electric train...

And, for gosh sake, hold the steel without letting your thumb hang down! Hold it like the starter crank of a model T, thumb against your palm! Don't ask !!!

Thank you! I am still mucking about with only a smartphone. No real cut and paste.
Enjoy the evening!
Richard

I just did a bump from December of 14
Revealing Etchings is the title.
Richard

I had a couple of similar blades they did have traces of the original hollow ground bevel. Not really common, only two out of over 200 I had. Someone said that they probably lasted only a few...

Back then, we had very few choices of hones at a fair price. The 1k,4k,8k, were affordable and available. Natural stones were found by searching antique stores and garage sales. There even was...

If you have a hobby/ craft supply store nearby, "Hot Stuff" and other brands do make a very thin version.

Online search for Hot Stuff glue CA

~Richard

I like the scraper . . .not fancy but does wondrous work, leaving a nice surface for final sanding.
JMHO
Richard

There's a company that formulated a similar cellulose material that available a few years back . . .it could be purchased in thicker sheets and many patterns. It was celluloid and rather soft.
I...

I believe that it was Dave that came up with them fix . . .soften the finish with coarser compounds
like tooth powder or pumice scrubbing compounds.
~Richard

My experiences with the 3M metal polish are similar. A smooth clothes or chamois is best. I and a couple others have found that using the original amount of polish and continuing to buff will and...

Thank you for the edge view! That is a totally different material than the few vintage Illinois strops that I owned. I appreciate the clarification!
~Geezer

For some of you at Charlie's, you may have bought some fine green linen hose of the correct width. That material is the base of the 'hard' strops which you can see when an Illinois and some others of...

See above post.
CA has an affinity for H2O and will harden if exposed over time. Future CA floor product would harden in the bottle and so will CA products . . . usually splitting the bottle and...