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Thanks for the feedback. I have shaved a few times now with it and am happy with the save. Absence of heel has made for a more flexing blade definitely. But that's really only an issue when honing so...

Thx Wirm, I figured, no harm in seeing what was possible.
Shaved with it last night, and it was nice. I had three days growth so it was a pretty thick lawn to mow through too.
When I shave I start...

So I removed the damage at the rear, finished the scales off and custom sanded everything to account for the slight twist at the shank
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I used CA for the finish on the...

Bob, that's a reassuring pic! Sort of zactly what I was thinking..
Going to try that, will post success, or failure pics.

Related to this set back, I reached out to the seller on ebay explaining...

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Thanks for the empathy gentlemen.
So realistically this is probably a wall hanging now, but I was thinking, (always dangerous)..
A: if I removed the metal as shown would there be enough...

Thanks Shawn..
For me. This was a 1ofakind kind loss..:gaah:
I figure, even I tried to remove metal, I would probably lose to much stability of the blade to be able to hone or shave with it since...

Appreciate the suggestions, and have gotten this far
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Sadly, I dropped the blade when test fitting tonight, only from my lap to a wooden floor,,,,,but that was enough..
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Can't really...

It's a challenge Shawn, for sure.
This is my third set of 1 pc scales (that didnt break) and I just like the simple line to them. I was reading up on one of gssixgun's threads a while back and just...

+1 to taking my time. What I meant was, if I remove more scale material would the curve get worse or better. Moot point now as I have kept sanding away matching up the halve evenly and trying to...

Hi gents.
I'm working on an1850s big blade I received without scales.
I've made a one piece scale from tulipwood as I don't have any red handled razors.
good enough reason for me. :-)
problem is...