Thread: D. Millerson & Sons broom razor.

Originally Posted by maddafinga

I'm not well versed enough to be able to tell honestly. I feel like it's cooler to rescue and use older tools like that though. Not sure what it is exactly. It's definitely deeper than my compulsion to use my hands, and my need to polish. I do know that I'm totally hooked.

I can hardly wait to get this in the mail!

I personally think its so cool to shave with an old razor like this one and get a great shave from something that is pre-civil war!

Originally Posted by Martin103

I personally think its so cool to shave with an old razor like this one and get a great shave from something that is pre-civil war!

Absolutely it is! I can't help but reflect on the history every time I take them out.

Like Martin says probably 2 layer of tape and a marker. That being said you're heading into new honing territory. Let the blade shade shape dictate your honing strokes. Simple diagonal x's and such rarely work for me on wedges, I nearly always end up using some sort of swoopy, heel-leading stroke, rolling a little as I go and pulling the tip around. Experiment and have fun.

Originally Posted by stimpy52

Like Martin says probably 2 layer of tape and a marker. That being said you're heading into new honing territory. Let the blade shade shape dictate your honing strokes. Simple diagonal x's and such rarely work for me on wedges, I nearly always end up using some sort of swoopy, heel-leading stroke, rolling a little as I go and pulling the tip around. Experiment and have fun.

I'll bear that in mind and not try to force it into any particular stroke or anything.

I'm dying to get it in and start to work on it!

Thanks for all the tips everybody.

So I popped in to work for a couple of hours to polish up that W&B that I posted last month and to actually get a little work done too. Here waiting on me is my broom razor!

Pics shortly. It's a real honey I think. I can't wait to get a shave with it!

My dilemma now is that I just finished restoring a shumate tungsteel with a beautiful smile on Friday, the W&B today and now I've got the broom in, which honestly needs very little work, and I'm just ready to put some scales on my self customized case blade.

Feast or famine it appears.

Ah well, could be worse problems.

Ok, so I didn't do any sanding on it at all, just ran over it with diamond polish and a boar bristle brush in my handpiece. Went over the scales with a buffer though, and man did they polish up beautifully!

My pictures are crappy, but the razor looks fantastic, the scales have a tiny bit of international delamination, but they're a gorgeous yellow translucent, you can see the blade through them, shiny and smooth and beautiful!

I put the blade to a straight edge and it's only the tiniest bit hollow. About a half a millimeter at best.

This is the ebay pic of the point.

Beautiful work! blade and scales look very nice, real nice wedge Enjoy!

Thanks! I didn't really have to do much at all except be careful polishing it. I didn't want it mirror smooth or I'd have sanded it first. It's old and I want it to have character!

What is your handpiece you talk about? like a dremel?