Thread: Sun September 09th - Sat September 15th

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Great looking razor David.

Jamie.

Thanks, Jamie. I picked this up on eBay at the end of last year. I saw it with just minutes to go, and I was the only one to place a bid! It's another great Japanese Western that holds a fantastic edge. The scales are not the standard ones apparently for the 777, but I have no idea how it came to have them, bearing in mind it carries the Toyo logo on them.

Today we tested this beautiful Jeep Wrangler Sahara in order to learn more about the 2,8l CRD engine.
It works!
I ordered my Rubicon and will get the car in May 2013

Mühle R107+Shark :: Semogue LE2009 :: Comptoir des savonniers SS :: Alun Tadé :: Floris Edwardian Bouquet

Originally Posted by eTom

...the 2,8l CRD engine... I ordered my Rubicon and will get the car in May 2013

A diesel Jeep! Can you say "torque" in 4-wheel low!?! Nice!

Originally Posted by DFriedl

A diesel Jeep! Can you say "torque" in 4-wheel low!?! Nice!

460Nm (torque)...1600-2600rpm
I think most of this cars were sold with a Diesel-engine in Europe

That's 62Nm more than my 4,8l V8 at 3000 RPM lower. Awesome. Granted, I have 130 more HP at high RPM, but you're going to have one nice rock climber when you receive it.

That may be true!
But it is hard to wait until may...

Today I ventured into an antique shop and hastily purchased a razor that I thought was interesting for a few reasons...unfortunately, when I cleaned off the rust, dried soap/scum/whiskers, and other added bonuses, I realized that it was interesting for a whole new set of reasons. Most notably a creased blade at the toe and a nice warp in the edge as a result. So today's shave of the day features a unit-ized razor!

I will keep this brief, and say that I ground a much larger notch (and more pronounced spike) into the toe to remove the crease, then ground the rust pitting off of the edge, filed some jimping into the spine, polished the blade, and performed my most challenging hone jobs so far (I am new to honing, and never worked on a warped blade before). Again, for the sake of brevity, I will simply say, the honing progressed slowly so I took a break, returned a few hours later and things started REALLY falling into place.

In the end, I decided to test the edge with a no-strop shave straight off the 12K finisher.

I headed to the bathroom for an evening shave (I simply could not wait until tomorrow), and spun up a nice lather in my favorite mug with my el-cheapo badger brush using Bald Frog's Arabian Hooka soap. Then started shaving with my unit-ized Simmons Hardware Co. Excelsior #1448 razor. The result was outstanding!

After some cleaning, when I noticed the kink and warp:


After some improvement to the toe area:


After adding some jimping to the spine:


After a fan-flipping-tastic shave:

Unit, you are developing some mad skills. Nice work!

Originally Posted by IamSt8ght

Unit, you are developing some mad skills. Nice work!

Thank you kindly. I have been working knives for a while, so straights are not a crazy leap. I REALLY enjoy these things.