Thread: I got lucky i think

No trouble! Should be bone, from what I see. I will eternally refer to the expressions of the late Neil Miller in these regards. Wonderful words from him in this thread, yet lots of 'rubbish'!
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Guess how long a fellow can hold his breath. I just got through repining the C Congrieves and to tell you the truth I was terrified I would break the scales. In this case I had rather be lucky that good. I got it repined. now I have the wosty's horn covered in neat's foot oil and tomorrow I will clean the oil off and re-pin it. I did notice some thing about the scales of the wosty. it had a pin for the blade and one for the wedge area and another in front of the wedge pin. It was as if the made a bo bo and repaired it with another pin. I cleaned up the washers as good as I could and after repining I will buff and try to make them shin. You know for some one whos as lazy as hell it seems I'm working an awful lot.

well I got the wosty and C Congrieves back to gether and took the other razor I received the other day out of the safe the Josph Rodgers and son and set in with the hones. Because I did a lot of sanding on the 2 razors I started with the 400 naniwa then the 1-3-5-8-12 and the finisher is the 20K. The all would cut the Hanging hair with no problem but when it came to the shaving the Joseph Rodgers shinned above both of the others. The wosty honed ok or I should say it felt ok in my hands but the C Congrieves was difficult. that uneven spin added with that little thumb knock under the blade and the fact I did not tighten the scales like I would a set of horn scales made holding the blade while honing. I will give it and the wosty a little more time before I decide whether to keep or let them find a new home. But the Joseph Rodgers has a home.