Thread: What are you working on?

Better you than me my friend. My kids have got kids and I don't babysit. You got to watch those little monsters too closely so I'd have been in the same spot as you.
Was that a crack going thru the wedge pinhole? Outback knows some stuff when it comes to restoring. Hang on to his friendship and you will learn a lot! I know I have!

I got one more started today. Got this blade (Full Hollow, J.R. Torrey, 5/8+) from Sharptonn so it wasn't in need of much but some new shows. Made the scales out of Marblewood and wedge out of Ebony. The thickness of the scales is 0.075 to 0.080 so I'm finally learning to go thin. Only the power tools used so far. Now for the hand sanding and a little more shaping, then to the tru-oil closet, they will go.

Originally Posted by JP5

Daughter was sitting on the couch looking at her story books (and not ripping them) so I decided to try and clean up some old horn scales I'm trying to finish after getting some pointers from Outback.
Scrub them with steel wood and feel like they are looking better. Feeling optimistic.
Look over the Pack-N-Play where my daughter is playing and she has a month's worth of wipes (Costco) strewn across the living room!

Guess that I'm getting old---er as I don't see any wipes strewn across the living room!

You need some lead, Jerry.?
Its nice when their balanced properly, JMHO.

Cool picture, outback. Perfectly balanced.

I will have to check that. I admit, i havent been checking for balance. Guessing id have to put it in place of the wedge i made. This might leed to a bit longer wedge ends on the scales too.

What difference does it make where the balance point is? The balance point will depend on the position of the scales in relation to the blade so the balance point will change when in use.

If you have ever strapped a razor that is way out of balance, you would find it is not comfortable. A well balanced razor rolls easily in your fingers and makes stropping way more fluid. A slight variance is ok but much off and it’s a no go for me.

RezDog,
Guess my razors must all be within a reasonable variation because I've never noticed a difference in stropping comfort.

If it wasnt someone as talented as Mike I would have thought they had glued the straght to the razor to make that photo

Originally Posted by Gasman

Better you than me my friend. My kids have got kids and I don't babysit. You got to watch those little monsters too closely so I'd have been in the same spot as you.
Was that a crack going thru the wedge pinhole? Outback knows some stuff when it comes to restoring. Hang on to his friendship and you will learn a lot! I know I have!

I got one more started today. Got this blade (Full Hollow, J.R. Torrey, 5/8+) from Sharptonn so it wasn't in need of much but some new shows. Made the scales out of Marblewood and wedge out of Ebony. The thickness of the scales is 0.075 to 0.080 so I'm finally learning to go thin. Only the power tools used so far. Now for the hand sanding and a little more shaping, then to the tru-oil closet, they will go.

She's worth it!

Outback has helped me out. These were glued back before I had read anything about dye or horn powder so the break stands out. I filled two drill marks following Outback's advice with better results (of course).
Here they are after an overnight oil soak.



Once I get those finished I need to figure out the best way to approach these.
Large crack, big chip in the edge, idiot drill mark, and super faded. I wonder if wood dye would be a good idea before soaking in oil?