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    Jerry, if the wife asks how much that Bruno blade was, just look her straight in the eye and lie. I did the very same thing with Savage 99 rifles. Plus the wife will never notice a new razor. Its just another razor.
    The best I ever did, was buy a shotgun and give it to a friend. He was told to bring it to my house and give it to my wife with the message "Thanks for letting me borrow it". Brilliant!!!
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    A couple of nasty linens.....A Red Imp and a C-Mon. You can see at the top that the Red Imp had a blue treatment on it.
    I have a fairly nice example of this, but would prefer to strop on this one after I clean it (I think!). I am going to triple-stack my Red Imp strop and have this one on the back.
    The logos are gone after this, but it will be usable. It's documented!

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    Began with the Red Imp. Boiled it in hot-water. All boils are 30 minutes.
    Crud coming-up with nothing but hot water! Your wife may not like you doing this indoors.....Stinks!

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    Rolled it both ways, boil and rise. Added a few teaspoons of Oxyclean...Boil both ways again.

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    As the Oxyclean quits bubbling and it won't rolling-boil (cheap hotplate!) about a quarter tablespoon of Oxyclean sprinkled-in makes it like a ferking volcano!
    Almost immediately starts boiling like mad! Makes a nice mess! It's about to go!

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    Did all that 3 times, took it out and scrubbed it with Barkeeper's Friend and a stiff brush.
    Rinse and back in the boiling pot with Oxy and some bleach this time.
    2 rinses and boils in plain water brings it rinsed well and sandwiched in paper towels to wick the water out.
    A piece of Corian and a pile of weight on top for the night.

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    We shall see what tomorrow brings!
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    Working on the CMon Strop now. Typical of these, it is loaded with that waxy/chaulky stuff.
    After every boil, I scrape it off with a spatula. Lots comes off the first time. Less and less after.
    I don't think it all ever comes out, but enough to do the deed!

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    While that is boiling, sanding light scratches out of the leather with a diapad. Will follow with a progression of micromesh.

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    From stripes to strops Tommy does em all.
    Nice work on those razors Tom!
    Jerry, you have your work cut out for you with that WB buddy.
    Look forward to the results.
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    That really is quite a process Tom!
    Very good tutorial, I've never seen it done.
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    I’m pretty sure that Richard has the recipe for making a chalk compound for applying to linen strops.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    I’m pretty sure that Richard has the recipe for making a chalk compound for applying to linen strops.
    I betcha he does. I want NO part of it!

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    My expectation is that when it was new it was not crusty and dirty but was soft, supple and provided an extra polishing action. I often wonder what these things were like fresh out of the package and just off the manufactures bench way back when.
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    I hear you. Still, something so yucky and gross has to be cleaned in order to use.
    I suppose either could be pasted with anything after cleaning. I just like the straight up linen.
    Other things to paste, IMO.

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    Here's the scales I've been working on. They've been filled with epoxy, sanded, dyed, sanded again, dyed again (didn't quite sand them well the first time ), and finally soaked in neatsfoot oil.

    All that's left now is the hard part, pinning them. Been watching vids and tutorials, we'll see how this goes.

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