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With as many razors as I have, nothing is a daily shaver... but I've done this sort of repair numerous times. It's very sturdy. Frankly, after the dye bath that wrecked the blade originally, that...

For these sort of repairs I use the thinnest formula cyanoacrylate glue. I don't remember the particular brand. It's stuff I get at Woodcraft, along with the little needle-point application nozzles....

It should be very sturdy. The horn dust/glue slurry is stronger than either the horn or the glue by itself.

In fact, while wiping the last bits of polish off with mineral spirits I managed to drop...

I haven't honed it yet, but I don't expect it to be too difficult. The way I sand down the blade leaves it about as sharp as a decent kitchen knife. I've done this with a couple others which I have...

No more teasing.

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I did a bunch of work on the blade and got it to a point I was surprisingly happy with, which included overzealously creating a new shoulder on the tang (live and learn). I glued that big crack at...

This was sort of a test to find the outer limits of what's possible with the setup I talk about in this thread.

In fact, this was the razor I practiced on before tackling the Roberts.

Witness...