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Ill go have a look! Glad that they turned out.

@Bob: nope! :). It's uneven as well. It actually surprised me because the shoulder felt and appeared even. Oh well, not terribly concerned about it as long as it shaves well.

@Chreees: no...

Ok so I got the Goodbehere together this past friday and started honing. I used 4 layers of tape (what a pain in the ass!!!). I stared on a DMT 325, once the bevel was formed I switched to the...

ok that's actually what I was wondering about with the wax. You have a set of scales that have been finished and then you use the wax just like you would wax a car? What benefits do you get from...

This would be my concern with this type of finish and I've avoided the technique because of it:

The finish is considered by many to be a beautiful way to finish highly figured wood, but it is also...

Just looked it up and it looks like my best bet on the finish will be to sand off the tacky coat and use an evaporative shellac.

Once the razor is together I'll start honing and we will see how...

As promised here are some pictures of the progress I have made. These were taken prior to me hand polishing the blade and putting the first coat of finish on the scales. These were taken while I...

Ok so just an update for anyone interested. The blade has come out if the tumbler and I finished with the hand polishing last night (I use mothers). The blade looks good, nice and shiny and most of...

Have you ever tried to make scales? They aren't that hard to make. I've done a couple full restores and it's definitely satisfying to see everything come together.

Here are a couple other...

Alright here are the photos of the scales, I've also included a picture of the Alexander no that I've knocked the rust off of it.

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The blade is coming along. It's in the tumbler now with corn cob and turtle polishing compound. The scales are firmed and sanded. I used the rosewood (really oily wood). I've got two pictures that...

They must make stronger tape where your from, as I find my tape wears after sliding it across a hone.

Yup 1 layer of tape gives me an angle of 17.5 degrees and 2 layers brings me to 18.4. I will probably go for 1 layer as its one less piece I have to cut once the tape wears out.

Spent my...

You were bang on Bob! The spine width on the re-measure is actually 5.5mm. Once I get to my computer I will recheck the spreadsheet. Thanks for the help.

Soooo a little bit of an issue! I got home from work and actually measured the Goodbehere razor just to make sure on the dimensions I originally punched into the excel spreadsheet that determines...

I noted that the tape placement is far more important on a wedge than a hollow ground so when the time comes I will be paying particular attention to that. Used the spread sheet and it is telling me...

I actually have used tape on all the razors I've done as well, but those have all been hollow ground (with the exception of a Red Imp), but was confused. So looks like I'll be going with tape after...

Thats a nice razor BobH! I'm not opposed to using tape I am just confused by some things I read bu GSsixgun reagrding not being able to correct the true bevel of the razor when using tape. Tape is...

I've read that website (the whole thing actually as I have a small coticle), however, I have also read that Gssixgun says that using tape doesn't correct the blade/bevel, but just bandaids the...

So I picked this blade up at a Flea Market. It's a Goodbehere wedge and from what I can gather the general store that sold them went out of business in 1858. At any rate I have some questions about...