Thread: New aquisitions

Morley & Sons barber notch. Black horn scales, nickel pins, full hollow, rough.

King Mfg Co black horn handle, round blade, nickel pins, full hollow, some hone wear, but looks like it'll clean up nice. Came in a leather pouch marked M.C. RAMSEY LOUISVILLE K.Y.

Rough is almost an understatement, it could pass for a hacksaw Nice leather pouch.
GL

The Morley and Sons looks like it is toast due to the corrosion of the edge. You never know though but at least you'll get lots of practice trying to hone past all that corrosion to get to good solid steel.

The King Mfg Co one you have a lot better and easier chance at restoring it. Good luck.

Bob

@Hart Haha. Yeah, reminded me of the razor saw I used as a kid to build pinewood derby cars in boyscouts. That's for real burly men whose stubble requires a cross cut saw I guess.

@BobH I thought it was done for too, but I think we might all be surprised. I'll post a few update pics shortly. It still needs a lot more work, but it's starting to look like a razor again.

First update

Like I said, you never know. Sure does look a lot better now. Congrats on getting it this far.

Bob

I'm playing with it. I figure start on the worst one. If i can make this one look decent, my other two should he a breeze.

This is just coarse steel wool, and some time on a coarse hone with 3 layers of electrical tape on the spine, to see if I could get the edge to not look like a saw.

Originally Posted by PARTSGUYNH

This is just coarse steel wool, and some time on a coarse hone with 3 layers of electrical tape on the spine, to see if I could get the edge to not look like a saw.

That looks like it worked to not getting it look like a saw. Oth I have had quite a few that looked like that after a coarse honing but still had pitting on or near the bevel/edge that took a lot of honing to get past. That is to the point where there were not pits on the bevel. You are getting there though.

Bob