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I generally have a fairly high tolerance for monotonous/tedious tasks, but you're right, there is a limit. Mine is right around when I start with the mental pep talks to do just a little bit more,...

Haven't posted in a while..I've been fighting with the last Fredrick restore I finished. The shave was pretty meh and the edge still felt a bit rough. I wound up going back down to 2 layers of...

Good call on going up to the 4K. Spent a little time with it last night and the larger chips are almost gone. I should be able to finish off the 4K tonight and maybe move up to the 8K. Hopefully,...

I also thought the stone might be the issue. I flattened it with figure 8 passes of a 1200 atoma slurry plate before each honing session and grid lapped it with a granite flattening plate to 400...

Yeah, they are really tiny. The largest I can barely see at 7X. But it's not really popping hair like I've come to expect and I can feel the rough areas on the stone. That's one of the reasons I...

Haven't posted in a bit because I'm still on the same project.

Fighting with my latest Fredrick restore :banghead:. I set a bevel before I started, not a great bevel (popped hair at skin level),...

Thanks Outback/PaulFLUS.

I'm still nowhere near the "master of horn" title, but I feel like I've made some positive steps forward. The photos are a bit unforgiving, it actually looks much better...

Finished with my Fredrick project and now it's time to soak some stones.

I'm pretty sure this was a near wedge reground to around 1/2 hollow. I finished the scales to 1K with some polish and...

If you cut the bevel off one end of the cork it makes it a lot easier to sand the stabilizer area.

I decided to try one of gssixgun's tricks and ground a layer of tape down to fill in low spots on the spine. Then I added a layer of kapton tape and started on checking the bevel. It's not fully...

I got a bevel set before I took it apart. Are you recommending to re-set it again? It certainly won't hurt, and I could always use the extra practice. :D

I finished hiding the hone wear and reshaped the heel of my Fredrick with 220 grit. I got most of the grinder marks out as well. Some of the deeper marks near the edge I'm going to leave. The...

I filled the lettering in before I started going up the grits (320 start) so I'd sand off any paint that I got "outside the lines". I went slow and also used 10X magnification while I did it. ...

I finished the scale repairs last night and sanded them to 1K, then a little simichrome polish. I filled the lettering with some gold model paint and a toothpick. They're in the oil soak while I...

Will do. Probably post up a few in progress pics as well. The last of the bug bite repairs is drying, so I started hiding the hone wear - lots of sanding in my future.

SHD: nice turning! that duck call looks amazing :rock:

I agree that the brass ferrule on Kacik79's handle is a really nice touch.

RezDog: The hollow grinds are actually pretty symmetrical and...

I picked up a new (to me) Fredrick "Old English" razor last week for a pretty good price. I knew there was some heel issues, funky hone wear, and a small chip in the blade, but the scales were in...

Yep, Outback is the man with the 3M.

I've done a couple with the scales still on. My go to starting point lately has been scraping with an SE blade, 3M marine metal polish with a rag or steel wool, and give the scales a good scrubbing...

I took The Mois for a spin this morning with the microbevel off my primitive ark with soap and water. Whooo! It's been a struggle to not facerbate. I'll try oil next, but the microbevel trick is...

That was my thinking, but, you know...new guy. Lots I don't know, so I thought I'd check.

Been working on getting an edge on The Mois and I had a bit of a mental goof.

I got the bevel reset after making the heel better and moved onto the 4K. I got tired of working on it and set it...

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Sorry if I didn't make my question clear. Is the 1/4" measured like the red arrow or the green arrow? If I do the measurement like the read arrow it is currently just under 1/8". ...

The corner moved forward a bit more after getting the bevel back. It's just under 1/8" forward of the toe side of the stabilizer. Are you measuring from the toe side or pivot side of the...

I started on the 1K last night and I'm really glad I reshaped the heel (thank you for the push Euclid). It was so much nicer to hone. I thought I had it set last night, but after jointing the edge...