Thread: My first ERN

Originally Posted by 10Pups

When you take it apart you may see it in the break. If it's smooth in the crack then probably cell. If it's grainy probably bakelite. Never saw the inside of rubber but I was told this Fox Cutlery razor I have is in rubber. The outside had a brownish tan color that looked like a faded die. When sanding it smelled kind of like molasses. I would take it apart, look and see. Then I would glue it back nice and straight and see how well it holds. Maybe put a thin liner on the backside and sand down the wedge to make up for it. You could just glue it to the wedge and when you glue it sand right away to get some into the crack like a filler. May come out dandy, maybe pulling your hair out :<0) Good luck.

I guess I need to get the pins out and investigate. I was thinking of going the liner route like you suggested.

Rubber has a distinct smell. I have several razors whose scales smell just like my 1960s Manhattan Rubber fingertip bowling ball.

Nice blade !!

Not sure about the glue type but you'll just have to teach us unless someone comes along and saves you from the trouble of experimenting. Back to the 2 part epoxy? Read Labels ? :<0)

Mrself how do you smell anything after taking those bowling shoes out of the bag

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Not sure about the glue type but you'll just have to teach us unless someone comes along and saves you from the trouble of experimenting. Back to the 2 part epoxy? Read Labels ? :<0)

Mrself how do you smell anything after taking those bowling shoes out of the bag

I guess I'll have to document the repair so I can do a tutorial on rubber scales should it be fixable by me.

WE ARE ALL WATCHING NOW :<0)

You might want to do a search and see if it's been done before. Not like anybody would say anything if you cheated like that. I mean, I would. Cheat I mean.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

WE ARE ALL WATCHING NOW :<0)

You might want to do a search and see if it's been done before. Not like anybody would say anything if you cheated like that. I mean, I would. Cheat I mean.

Good I love an audience. [emoji12]

Originally Posted by 10Pups

WE ARE ALL WATCHING NOW :<0)

You might want to do a search and see if it's been done before. Not like anybody would say anything if you cheated like that. I mean, I would. Cheat I mean.

I read an essay once about the necessity of collective skill passed on through generations. The essay focused on building a kayak. Simple, right? The authors went into detail about the dozens of parts that go into building a kayak, detailing the skills involved in producing and joining each part. Starting from scratch, with no previous training, no one Eskimo could ever build a kayak. All the parts had to be thought of bit by bit, shared, passed on, improved on.

In a pinch, I might be able to reinvent the wheel, but it would probably not be a very good wheel. The axle would have to wait for later generations. I'd probably grow old still trying to figure out how to ride the wheel, by itself. One could sit just back of center and go forwards until just over center, but things wouldn't work out very well after that. I might try using BIGGER wheels, to get further before being pitched forward. The problem with bigger wheels, though, would be that when they ran over you, they'd hurt more.

Maybe a savvier guy would be able to help me out with the wheel problem. That certainly has been the case with restoring razors.

Joe

Add some pressure and do a vid :<0)

Originally Posted by carrolljc

I read an essay once about the necessity of collective skill passed on through generations. The essay focused on building a kayak. Simple, right? The authors went into detail about the dozens of parts that go into building a kayak, detailing the skills involved in producing and joining each part. Starting from scratch, with no previous training, no one Eskimo could ever build a kayak. All the parts had to be thought of bit by bit, shared, passed on, improved on.

In a pinch, I might be able to reinvent the wheel, but it would probably not be a very good wheel. The axle would have to wait for later generations. I'd probably grow old still trying to figure out how to ride the wheel, by itself. One could sit just back of center and go forwards until just over center, but things wouldn't work out very well after that. I might try using BIGGER wheels, to get further before being pitched forward. The problem with bigger wheels, though, would be that when they ran over you, they'd hurt more.

Maybe a savvier guy would be able to help me out with the wheel problem. That certainly has been the case with restoring razors.

Joe

Interesting perspective.

For me there's really only three parts to a razor. Scales, blade, and wedge/pins. Wedge/pins are together because those are the most mechanized part of a razor.

Lots of sanding and a light touch.

Now a kayak I would end up drowning.