Thread: Old cracked and busted 1 1/8" WB

Leaving the shop for the night.

That may be an interesting blade to hone,keep us posted.

The Razor Gods are smiling, Zerandise.

Bless you for keeping shaving history alive...is it for sale yet???

Well the basic shape is done. Might take a bit more off the tang to give it a bit more of an even pitch.

Looking Good! I wonder if you might smile the edge a bit to mirror the spine? Like Pixel, I wonder about honing that straight edge with that curved spine. I feel it would hone(and shave!) better, esp since there is little support for the heel now!

Agreed. I was considering the same. I think aesthetically it would be more attractive as well. Once I finish shaping the tang and polish it all out I will see about putting a more pronounced smile on the blade that would be more uniform to the spine. I have not yet tried to hone a smile into a blade. Might be a bit beyond my abilities. Any advise would be much welcomed.

I have smiled lots of them with great success. My breadboarding technique would be to use a DMT325 and take the corners off the heel and toe and then going at it, rocking and going heavier on the ends and avoiding/going lightly on the middle part of the edge until the smiling edge smooths out and is as I like it.
Then tape the spine and rocking hone a bit on the wet DMT until I can see how wide the bevel shall be. If too wide, I polish the scratches from the DMT out on a 1k and double up the tape, going back to the DMT to get the flat out of the edge (changing top layer often!) , before proceeding with a 1k. Using the DMT to shape a smile and start a bevel works well for me. YMMV!

Think I am happy with the look. Didn't want to taper the tang too much. It has a nice even slope coming up to the original grind on the upper half of the tang.

Put an old pair of shoes on her to mock it up a bit to see if I am headed in the right direction.