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Yup. I've flattened a couple rounded points by being hamfisted on the drum. More likely than not, I'll end up building some sort of a jig so I can precisely control angle (ideally one that could be...

I’m using something like this

I got the biggest one Woodcraft had, and also one of the cheap variety packs from Harbor Freight. I use all of them, but the one from Woodcraft is decidedly better.
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I bought a 5 pound block of this stuff a long time ago for the purpose of making razor wedges.

Hammering wouldnt work so well on it because the bismuth makes it brittle. It’d crack.

I made this...

Ummmm. I can neither confirm nor deny that I have an enormous pile of razors to restore.

:hmmm:

You are correct! Which means I don’t have any before pictures. I was at least able to figure out when I bought it by searching all my ebay receipts. November 25, 2015.

Nope, I take that back. It's an intentional apostrophe. Just kind of a weird one.

I think that's not actually an apostrophe, just a small forging defect trying to hide in the logo. :D

1840's to '50's is my guess on when it was made.

Oh, wait. Here’s a before picture!

... of a completely different razor.

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I don't have any before pictures (well, I do, somewhere, maybe). This one I snagged off ebay a couple years back because I felt like I should actually keep at least one W&B FBU, and if I was gonna,...