Mail call, A.F. Bannister & Co. May need a little work. Attachment 193367Attachment 193368Attachment 193369
Printable View
Mail call, A.F. Bannister & Co. May need a little work. Attachment 193367Attachment 193368Attachment 193369
Are you bidding from a cell phone or were you looking for a challenge ? Sorry but that poor thing needs a list of things done to it.
A little work would be mounting it in a frame :<0)
Sorry, at a bit of a loss for words.
Bob
Not worth your effort IMO. Maybe a letter opener at best. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkwEIDYsf4A
After a little work, it now looks like this, almost finished with it. 10Pups, why do you say that? And BobH, why at a loss for words? Attachment 193384
Whoa! A bit of an understatement there!
Mike
Unless a razor like that had significant heirloom value to me personally I would not have bothered with it. The amount of work required to remove those chips is not a "little". Definitely not a razor I would pay for but oth if you enjoy doing a project like that why not? I'm going to guess that the heel/stabilizer may give you some trouble when you go to hone it so it might need a little more work there too.
Bob
You got the chips out, great ! I am also wondering how high the bevel is going to go once you hone it. Unless you use 5 layers of tape or regrind it after you raise the stabilizer.
I was just saying , it's more than a little work ( in a smart a__ way), I still believe that :<0)
Just noticed also that the edge is not even or it could be the photo. Looks like the toe is wider than the heel. Not a big deal.
Just not worth it to me. I hope you didn't spend a lot on it................
You had to take quite a bit of metal off of it & it changed the geometry all around on it. You're learning though & later you will see that it was a project that really wasn't worth it unless you just wanted to fix a really screwed up blade. If so, I have some blades you might be interested it.
Hint:
If you are going use it to learn with then at least learn the correct way...
Look at the first pic, see the way the original edge had a slight smile that followed the spine ???
Breadknifing it into a straight profile like you did means that now when you hone it you are going to be fighting the original geometry,, you should have at least breadknifed it gently following the original smile...
There are multiple threads on here about doing it,,
Now you are going to have to waste even more steel to bring it back into profile... basically what you have done it flattened out the old belly, the heel has to be re-contoured also ...
Thank you everyone for the information. I think I'll just pull the pin on this one (pun intended) and salvage the scales since they are in great condition and razor was literally only a couple of dollars and put the blade in the "What to do with this" box.
I have to say that was a valiant effort you put in to save the old girl though. Saving the scales is definitely worth a couple of bucks. If you haven't read this Purchasing straight razors - Straight Razor Place Library it may help with your next razor.
Bob
Thanks for the link, but I'm not exactly a newb on purchasing SR's, this is #25 and still have 5 I'm waiting on from france. Most of what I have is Sheffield steel and Solingen with a Thiers Issard and a Fili added in finally, lol.
Ops, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by bullriderinwranglers
Bob
I think you should try to finish it. How else are you going to learn ? You will find out exactly what we are talking about that way.
I'm still debating, but it has been shelved for the immediate future. I have a Beau Brummel No. 35 that I'm going to get started on making custom scales from a pearl white guitar pickguard with 3.7mm sapphires embedded down the sides of it. Hoping for it to come out looking something like this, sorry for things being a little out of whack with the placement and shaping but I'm not a photoshop whiz. Attachment 193428
