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"Yes it can... Yes it can...":eek:
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And a damn' fine one too. A smaller slice of it lives in my honing drawer.

Bart.

I don't know if you should call it patience. But I'm terribly stubborn to the verge of being obstinate. Every once in a while it pays off.:D
Glad there actually was solid steel to be found on that...

Sandy, I pray you don't burst into tears, when you see the amount of steel I needed to remove. As you can see, the one-layer-of-tape bevel extends all the way to the toes of the eagle. Part of the...

Gentlemen,

I struck solid steel.:y
Once there, I had to flat out the bevel first, using 1 layer of tape, in order to be able to cut a "workable" narrower bevel with no more than 3 layers....

Thanks for pointing that out, Sandy. I think no one ever implied differently, but it sure sucks majorly when something like this shows up at the blade one has worked on, even if the problem was not...

I've been around that razor long enough now, that I don't need to try. The affected part of the edge crumbles even from doing a HHT.
But I 'm not sure about the premise that only steel with messed...

Thanks, Chris.
I don't know the cause either. Too bad no one came up with a reliable test to discern between temper and corrosion issues. But I think the course of action to deal with both problems...

That's a valuable suggestion, honing with a steeper angle till I strike sound steel.
I was too optimistic last night. Honed some more today, to deal with the neglected tip, and all I found was more...

Since my last post in this thread I have spend over 10 hours honing in 4 different sessions. I have removed small portions of the bevel with the breadknifing method and reestablished the bevel 3...

The chunks are completely missing, probably embedded in my face somewhere. :cry:

I've made another picture.
You guys are gonna have to take my word for it, but the edge was flawless before the test shave. Every damage you see was caused by a few swipes WTG.
The visual shows no...

Thanks Casey302.
This is an extremely interesting post. It explains why I can't see actual corrosion pitting at the edge, but still experience disintegrating steel. It also sounds very much in...

8 layers of tape is a over the top. I knew that up front. But I wanted to see if I could create an undamaged edge, even in the problematic part of the steel. Combining a steep angle, very gentle...

Thanks for that Sandy.

I will try to make the razor serviceable.
If I had any doubt at this moment, that there was something else to do than removing the compromised steel, I would be sending a...

Thanks to all, for sitting this one through with me.
I have been working another two hours on the blade yesterday.

I first honed the almost complete bevel with 5 layers of tape on a Coticule with...

I was obviously speaking about honing without tape, how else could there be any spine wear... You' have to give me at least a bit of credit.:D
My experience on these wedges so far, has been that...

The spine on that razor is not very even. I started with 3 layers of tape. Having any less, would create wide, uneven bevel sides, that would probably run into the eagle. Spine wear would be equally...

No, the arrows in the drawing are in perspective (the eagle is carrying them in his claws), hence they're not parallel to the edge.
When I got it the blade was slightly wider at the toe, which I...

Yeah, it really looks more like "crumbling" than like "shattering". I really hope for the best.

Tomorrow, I'm going to complete the bevel, remove all crumbling after that , add 3 additional layers...

Here you go:

(the spine's still taped and the pencil is mine;))

The lines are extremely fine, and strikingly straight. I can see them, but they're too fine to photograph (I shoot pictures through one eyepiece of the stereoscope, which is really not ideal). Some...

It's a beautiful restoration. And if I understand well, we should rule out the possibility of temper issues. I hope the member that did the restoration job understands that I had to ask in order to...

It occurs along the entire first half, from the toe to the middle.
Upon inspection, I can see fine lines, parallel to the edge, running through the bevel. I looks as if the ruptures occur at these...

A few days ago, a member send a Wade & Butcher "American Razor", for honing.
It arrived in a "dull as butterknife" state, with only a partial bevel. I have completed the bevel 3 times now. Each time...