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

Originally Posted by Catrentshaving

Trying to understand if this thread was meant to be a joke
But as 10Pups has said those scales could well serve another blade.

Sorry, it wasn't meant to be a joke. I probably should have asked the question of what to do with the blade before I went hacking at it with a Dremel. I will put those scales on a nice blade I have. Would you bother making a small set of scales for the blade, or would you throw it in the trash?
Sorry if I broke a golden rule of blade etiquette, as you can guess I'm a newbie!

Originally Posted by Thoroughbredmike

Sorry, it wasn't meant to be a joke. I probably should have asked the question of what to do with the blade before I went hacking at it with a Dremel. I will put those scales on a nice blade I have. Would you bother making a small set of scales for the blade, or would you throw it in the trash?
Sorry if I broke a golden rule of blade etiquette, as you can guess I'm a newbie!

I don't think you broke any rules, by sometimes threads like this are meant to be a joke.
The blade looks to be about an inch long now, why not leave it in the current scales, hone it up and give it a try, if it works well then make it a set of scales, you never know someone might have a set of broken scales that they could donate to the project.

Originally Posted by Thoroughbredmike

I will put those scales on a nice blade I have. Would you bother making a small set of scales for the blade, or would you throw it in the trash?

After taking the scales off - I think you have the right idea with the bin.

Change the scales to another blade for sure
Then you can use the short blade as a kamisori for cutting tape when honing?

You know, I also thought it was a joke when I saw the photo. But, since we're all here, maybe it needs to go into this thread...
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...rs-thread.html
OK joking aside, I'm kinda curious how that might shave the neck area. Let us know how it does if you get it honed up. I may have a blade or two that could only be useful again if I ground it down like that.

I debated the joke thing before I spoke, being somewhat of a clown myself, but the thought of the scales getting hacked up made me cringe. No harm, no foul, no rules broke. Tb Mike that blade may serve a purpose I just don't see what unless you had all kinds of facial hair detail. Sideburns with chops and a spit between a dropping mustache with a low goat. You know, more hair than space between :<0) I would probably cut something off with the toe of it, being so short I might lose track of how flat it was laying. Be careful with trying it.

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