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Nice use of vacuum Roy!
Pulled the oil into the fibers.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Nice use of vacuum Roy!
Pulled the oil into the fibers.

I thought so, however I was worried about how the horn would react. So far so good!

Originally Posted by Gasman

Got lots of Micro hardware coming, Set of Nagura stones for my Jnat, DMT 8" Corse grit Diamond stone and two Norton Combination stones (220, 1000, 4000 & 8000).

My wallet is complaining now.

I hope you ordered some stone holders to accompany the DMT and the Nortons as they will make your life much easier. I also hope that you've watched this video and are ready for a workout For without a proper lapping those Norton hones are pretty much useless as they are far too rough for what we use them for. Without lapping they might be fine for woodworking tools and even knives but not for straight razors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4hqYwUNl4

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I've been wanting to try something and I figured these old scales would be as good as any to experiment with. So--------

I covered them with Neatsfoot Oil then put them in my vacuum chamber and started a slow evacuation, the small air bubbles soon started to come out of the horn.

I left the razor under the slight vacuum for about 15 minutes then when ahead and pulled the full vacuum and left it for an hour. At the end of the 60 minutes the bubbles were still coming out but greatly diminished. I figured that I'd put as much oil in them as they would take so I opened the valves and was pleased with what I found.

After drying the excess oil off I let the razor hang for about a half an hour then re-wiped everything, then I used Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish with some well crumpled newspaper on the blade then used some 000 synthetic steel wool on the scales then wiped all down and ran the scales on some CrOx.

I did have to tighten the pivot pin and it's still close to self centering. I'll leave it till another day to play with everything else and will report back.

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The Pics don't do it justice but/Thanks for looking

B E A utiful! Great job Roy

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Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

B E A utiful! Great job Roy

Thanks my friend, it did come out nice. I went ahead and gave the blade a quick pass on the CrOx on my buffer and man did it come out even nicer. The original finishing grinding lines are just outstanding/hell the old bevel just popped out and shone like crazy. (I've tried to take pics but can't get what I want to share).

This is probably the easiest razor I've ever set a bevel on and in hindsight I should have just started on the 4K with slurry as I'm sure it still would have gone well.

The only thing that I'd do different is that I used two layers of the 3M 700 tape and could have easily gone with only one as the bevel is so small it's ridiculous as it' about a 32nd of an inch and maybe a 1/16" at the most. The bevel is nice and straight with only that 1/16" at the toe from my swooping stroke to keep the smile.

I stropped it up and gave it a shave last night and boy howdy was it a nice shave. This razor is a keeper

To say that I'm pleased with the razor would be an understatement.

Very nice work Roy, if I were to date this razor I would say 1850 give or take a few, Enjoy it my friend.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Very nice work Roy, if I were to date this razor I would say 1850 give or take a few, Enjoy it my friend.

Martin, Thank you, not only for the compliment but a Very Big Thank You for the help dating the razor!

Again, THANK YOU! :

Looks sweet ,Roy.
I do like the even look of the patina in that one.
And you answered my question on how a vac, would work on horn. I saw Lynn, and Nelson, with that same pin masher at the meet. Niiiice!!!
Keep her on the top shelf, its hard to beat an ol Butcher, when it comes to shavers.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I hope you ordered some stone holders to accompany the DMT and the Nortons as they will make your life much easier. I also hope that you've watched this video and are ready for a workout For without a proper lapping those Norton hones are pretty much useless as they are far too rough for what we use them for. Without lapping they might be fine for woodworking tools and even knives but not for straight razors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4hqYwUNl4

Gasman, was an Olympic runner, so running laps on a Norton should be no problem

Originally Posted by cudarunner

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WOW. Amazing work! Congrats!

Newbie questions:

1) Neatsfoot Oil soaking => The scales only or the whole thing? You didn't unpin it, right?
2) CrOx is a buffer?