Thread: What are you working on?

A couple of nice razors for sure. After the die job that razor look brand new. And the pitting on the other one is not the spot ibwas wondering about. I dont think i would mess with the pits eather. Nice work gentlemen.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Wow. That is glassy and it looks like new black horn from the picture. I would have to say that your process is tuned up nicely.
Although I am snickering to myself a little. I have without success tried to make new horn look old and loose its colour and have that grainy, silvery look.

:-)

As I was straightening some warped horn scales a while ago I was thinking about this post. One of the sets that I was working on was nice and smooth before I heated them. After straightening the grain was clearly visible. This is 100+ year old horn though. Not sure if you’d get the same result from a fresh slab. Have you experimented with heating them up Shaun?

I agree Rez, seems a bit thin but I'm gonna go ahead. If they don't work then lesson learned. Maybe a scale shaped comb! Lol

BeJay, to be honest, not a dry heat. I do have a small oven in the shop. So if I get this concept right, I just bake them at a low heat, 200 for 15 minutes and them clamp them flat. If it raises the grain I will be quite happy. I have a set to make soon and I will run another round of experiments. I also bought some blonde hair bleach. My process will be a week in oven cleaner, wash and them into the hair bleach, wash then into the oven. I’m curious how this will all work out. Thanks for the input.

Some nice work and great outcomes there BeJay and Andrew. I like both those razors! Bejay the scales look fantastic. And Andrew I agree with how much you cleaned up and when to stop, especially with the thin ground ones. Leaving a bit of light pits is ok because integrity of the thin blade is key. Tom's right, just might be one of your best shavers. It sort of reminds me of an H.M. Christensen I cleaned up, did the best I could but had to go easy because it's so thin. So just a cleaning and light polish, some pits are there but that little razor shaves a real treat, sure 'nuff.

Originally Posted by RezDog

BeJay, to be honest, not a dry heat. I do have a small oven in the shop. So if I get this concept right, I just bake them at a low heat, 200 for 15 minutes and them clamp them flat. If it raises the grain I will be quite happy. I have a set to make soon and I will run another round of experiments. I also bought some blonde hair bleach. My process will be a week in oven cleaner, wash and them into the hair bleach, wash then into the oven. I’m curious how this will all work out. Thanks for the input.

The oven should do it. I heat mine over a stove and press them on a flat piece of wood for about a minute.

A heat lamp has worked for me, as a heat source .

The to-do box...

[QUOTE=Gasman;1793213]The to-do box...

Hurry up.!!!
Shouldn't take much more than a month...TOP'S.!!!

Then you can help me with mine.

Just playing around tonite. Have a shorty that Sharpton sent me awhile back, that needed some shoes.

So I reshaped some bakelite scales that were broken behind the pivot, sanded to 600, then steel wooled.
Dug through a few wedges, and found one that will need fitted to the scales, but works with the blade.

Just needs pinned, polished, and honed.