Thread: What are you working on?

Yinz are amazing, I clearly need to hone my skills

Yeah....outback's da BOMB!

So I dug into the oldies and came up with an interesting pair which have been sitting idle.
Someone's idea of fixing something up, a Joseph Allen Dagger Razor in some nickel-plated brass scales....Looks like waves?

AND a Wade & Butcher tapered blade. Really nice shape.



Should make for some work!

Off I go!

Work..!!!!
Looks like all they need is a stroppin.

I was thinking the same thing. Love that tapered blade shape. Got to get me one of those some day.

Well, I will be unpinning both blades. Some pivot rust on the Tapered blade. Will sand on the tang and spine a bit and polish that out, do a few bug repairs on the scales without unpinning the bottom maybe....The Allen was pinned poorly and the blade was overpolished.
I will try to tone that down with some Croox/WD40 and repin it with some proper collars. Then, hone them up.
That's the plan.......

You the man!

Here goes....Rust, de-lamination, tang scrapes, and some little bug-bites.
Gonna take a while! 'Flintlock musket Tom'!

Well I hope you don't singe your eyebrows.

I'll wait for the smoke to clear.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Well, I will be ...snip... ....The Allen was pinned poorly and the blade was overpolished.
I will try to tone that down with some Croox/WD40 and repin it with some proper collars. Then, hone them up.
That's the plan.......

So I'm wondering about Croox/WD40... I've used sand paper(various grits in sequence), but not this way you mention...
Are there different combos you use depending on the blade, for different blade finishes?
What are those combos if so and what are the different finishes produced?

On a W&B Celebrated I used sand paper, and then a good polishing with metal polish.
I've been wanting to try some various methods to see what kind of results I could get.

Originally Posted by outback

Well I hope you don't singe your eyebrows.

I'll wait for the smoke to clear.

Nice one Mike.
Even the Flintlock gets the job done. You just have to be closer.