Thread: Wagners 6/8 razor, Cut down. Please take a look

Hey Mike,
Far from any rules or etiquette broke.
You took a lemon and made something with it, you cleaned it up, polished it, chopped it down, gave it a unique barbers notch.
If you got it all done without wrecking the edge or blowing the temper you gained a whole lot of knowhow and garnered some great practice
on a much more advanced restoration level without ruining a blade.
That is more than I can say I pulled off straight out the gate.
I say good on ya.
It should be fun to play with for a while and now you are that much better prepared for your next project.
It looks very good for what it is.

Regards
Pat

Mike it's been about a week now - any luck with honing it? I'm curious as to whether or not it hones and if it will shave. There's a blade in my "to do" pile that might benefit.

Thanks Pat

Originally Posted by AirColorado

Mike it's been about a week now - any luck with honing it? I'm curious as to whether or not it hones and if it will shave. There's a blade in my "to do" pile that might benefit.

Hey Mike, I'm just waiting on delivery of my first set of hones. Can't wait to hone her up, I hope it will shave surprisingly well around the two hollows either side of the Adam's apple. I'll keep you posted!

Originally Posted by Thoroughbredmike

...I hope it will shave surprisingly well around the two hollows either side of the Adam's apple...

Yup that's exactly the area I was thinking about. I use the heel of my blades in there, but can't help but wonder if that "grind" would do it just as well. I' sure it would but its the honing that has me curious.