Thread: A couple more into rotation

From a bag of junk, to a chest of treasures. I've cleaned these two on the pin. Honed and have shaved with the wentworth. Its not bad, just needs tweeked a little more on the hones. Took today and finished the faultless. Its midnight will shave with it in the morning. Goodnight y'all. Man i hope i can sleep, anticipation sucks. I know its gonna be an excellent shaver, we'll see

They're comming along nicely. What's going on around the bevel in the first pic? Looks like something is smeared all over it.

Whoever owened them last tried to sharpen with a brick i think, thought it was grinder marks, but metal is fine, no heat generatated. I think he gave up when the toe of one of them cracked. Had to remove 1/8" off the toe since the chip/crack was up thru the stabilizer. But all in all their still good shavers. By the way the shave the next morning was awsome. I drew the blade WTG from sideburn to the jaw. It was so smooth (no pull , chatter from beard ) I had to stop, I really thought it wasn't cutting. Really great blade. Cant complain $30 for 6 screwed up blades mskes me smile

Looking good!

Here's the last of the cleaned on pin. Its a temtest, the one that had the broken toe. The next two i need to make scales for. A meir and a crown&sword sorry i was in such a hurry to get this finished, that I forgot before pics and the group photo doesn't show the whole blade. Couldn't remove all scratches or i would have destroyed the blade. Doesn't effect the edge. Wich is very tiny and wonderful to shave with. Blade is very thin, flexes when lightly pressed against thumb nail. Honing was easiest. A few bread knifes on a 320, to remove the shark teeth from the brick. 10 laps 1000 nani, TNT dug in and almost thru nail in short order. Ok i say lets try something? 20 strokes 12000 nani, 10 laps cr.ox., 20 fabric, 40 leather. Shave this morning 20 more on leather. AMAZING!! Bin touching my face all day.

The fancy scales look to be an Anton Tadros of NY,NY
His imports are the onlies I've seen with that much embellishment.
~Richard

outback: are you using buffer polisher machine for your restorations?

Here ya go geezer ,it didn't show in picsAttachment 198632 i still haven't. Found maker

To flybare. No, all my work is by hand. Though i just bought a dremmel just for major work. Hence this blade. Here's a few pics of how and what thats my buffer, lets me apply good pressure, and get in tight places, plus keeps me away from blade. I also nest the blade in a rag to cushin against posible damaged to the blade as would happen for sure against a hard surface. the sander, blade face only.[ATTACH]198644[/ATTACH tang sander and top of spine. this and flitz on the scales. Oh! Almost forgot. A crap bucket over filled with elbo grease. YMMV

Originally Posted by outback

Here ya go geezer ,it didn't show in picsAttachment 198632 i still haven't. Found maker

Didn't Fly..
~Richard

Howsomever you do pretty much the same routine as I do. A lot of hand work and very little power too work. A lot can be done while ignoring the TV set.
~Richard