Thread: What are you working on?

Austins regulars look best to me.

Go a little fancy. As gorgeous as it is it needs something special to make it stand out among your to infinity collection.

Well I acquired a nice little 7/16 PUMA. I also acquired a PLUMB ball peen hammer that weighs in at 3.5 ounces including the handle on Tuesday however they came to me at a very high price. My best friend's brother passed away a few days ago and I was helping the family clean out his home and that's were they were found. The family knows of my love of straights so they were given to me. There's also a vintage strop but I can't get a decent picture of it right now. It's a bit hard so I'll be seeing if I can soften it up a bit.





I've polished the faces of the small hammer and cleaned up the razor and it's scales and honed it finishing on my Zulu Grey with a spray of Windex. Great Shave!

Thanks for looking.

[QUOTE=outback;1779251]Something I've been working since last weekend,
a razor belonging to one of our members, JTmke.

We had talked about sanding the blade, but after receiving, and inspection, I decided that sanding wouldn't make it look any better, without compromising the full hollow blade. He told me the scales were shot, and full of bug bites, but nothing some filler and CA couldn't fix after a good straightening.
The razor is a 7/8 Turner/Cowlishaw & Co. of Meriden, Conn. Blade etched, The Celebrated, German Concave.

Haven't tried a search, so anyone interested, I'd appreciate the help.

Alls ready for putting it back together, just waiting another day or so , while the scales suck up some more neats foot oil.
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Thanks Mike. I thought the scales were gone for sure. It amazes me how some of these razors lay decades in the bottom of a shoe box and you guys can save them.

Jim

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So mocking-up some collars. Austin's regular silver ones are always winners.
His stainless domes look nice, a bit 'Sheffieldy', though.

Also have some bigs and littles from the fellow in Europe. Kindof fancy them for these scales. Any opinions?

I like Austin's smaller regulars for this one. Gorgeous scales there, why cover up more than you need to?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Have you tried that with bone or ivory, Zak?
I don't have the guts!

I think bone and ivory just get brittle when you heat them. If you want them to get flexible, you've got to chemically treat them.

(I am 70% certain the vast majority of fancy ivory scales were molded, not carved)

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Hey Zach, try spraying your wedges with a bit of cooking spray before making your impressions, can wipe them clean with acetone after the jb cures.
Also the stuff may be setting up quicker in the pipe than in free air due to the concentration in the pipe generating heat quicker than a smaller amount free in hand. Heat=cure and all.
Neat way to make wedge molds, I may borrow that idea buddy!

Just my $.02 sir.

I got it all working (machine oil worked fine to prevent sticking).

Unfortunately, the epoxy I was using just wasn't up to the task. There are some which *are*, but I'm just gonna learn to use a CNC machine and lathe and make a proper tool.

Well I'd planned on pinning up JTmke's razor last night, but but my ankle and myself were wore out.
But I did get the scales all polished out before I gave up.
before soaking in oil
after oil and polish.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I got it all working (machine oil worked fine to prevent sticking).

Unfortunately, the epoxy I was using just wasn't up to the task. There are some which *are*, but I'm just gonna learn to use a CNC machine and lathe and make a proper tool.

That's how I was going to do it Zak is to make a male & female on a lathe & go from there. I have seen some different methods on here like making a male & female & using the bolt & nut method for pressing into shape but i think just an arbor press or just a hammer to punch them into shape is good enough. I guess whichever one proves to be best is the way to go.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I think bone and ivory just get brittle when you heat them. If you want them to get flexible, you've got to chemically treat them.

(I am 70% certain the vast majority of fancy ivory scales were molded, not carved)

How on earth would you mold ivory???