Results 11 to 20 of 27
-
09-06-2013, 12:58 AM #11
Its got an anchor, maybe its for scraping barnacles. Lol. Very nice!
-
09-06-2013, 01:21 AM #12
- Join Date
- Jan 2011
- Location
- Roseville,Kali
- Posts
- 10,432
Thanked: 2027I would give my left gonad for that blade,very nice
-
09-06-2013, 01:49 AM #13
WOW.... That thing looks HUGE!
Ed
-
09-06-2013, 02:42 AM #14
- Join Date
- Jan 2011
- Location
- Roseville,Kali
- Posts
- 10,432
Thanked: 2027looks like maybe some cracks in that blade??
-
09-06-2013, 02:51 AM #15
Dang! A regular window weight! What a beast! Anchor? Birmingham? Early production?
Last edited by sharptonn; 09-06-2013 at 02:53 AM.
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
-
09-06-2013, 03:17 AM #16
-
09-06-2013, 03:51 AM #17
- Join Date
- Jan 2011
- Location
- Roseville,Kali
- Posts
- 10,432
Thanked: 2027
-
09-06-2013, 04:14 AM #18
Beautiful, it brings a tear to my eye
Find me on SRP's official chat in ##srp on Freenode. Link is at top of SRP's homepage
-
09-06-2013, 11:18 AM #19
I have cleaned the razor last night. Yes, I'm going to try to stay as close to the original as possible.
Scales look original to me. They are traditional black horn. More pictures to follow soon. The scales are now in neatsfoot oil to let them soak up some natural oils. The scales felt really dry.
It must be the light in combination with the patina.
I didn't notice any cracks in the blade.
When I get home, I'll do a closer inspection.Last edited by sashimi; 09-06-2013 at 11:21 AM. Reason: merged posts
-
09-07-2013, 09:50 AM #20
The "After" pictures
Here are some more pictures after the clean-up.
There are no cracks even after very close inspection. Only one deep pitting spot on the face of the blade. The rest of the patina is superficial.
I took a progression from 1500-1200-800-600-400 grit paper, particularly in that order, not to take off too much metal.
At this point I felt I was taking away the integrity of the blade and worked my way up again in 400-600-800-1000-1200-1500 grit paper.
I don't mind for a blade this old to actually show its age and really didn't want a mirror finish. After the clean-up I went to bevel setting on a heavy slurry coticule followed by refining the edge on a thinner slurry and water with the finishing touch on the Thuringian stone. The scales were treated with neatsfoot oil to revive them somewhat. I did not unpin the razor. A fine shaver.