Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by outback

Sometimes when I get home from work, I'll fall asleep on the couch. It screws me up. But typically I'm up till 11 or 12:00 before going to bed. Wake up around 6:00, no alarm clock, can't sleep past 6:30 cause that's when the cats start crawling all over us, they want breakfast.!!

Go to sleep! If you want we can all take turns texting you throughout the night to tell you that its time for bed. Kind of like how a nurse will wake you up to give you your sleeping pill.

Originally Posted by engine46

The adhesive sandpaper can be gotten from 80 grit -800 grit at...................where else but StewMac:

https://www.stewmac.com/Materials_an...Abrasives.html
Also many good body shop suppliers carry it.
They're really proud of it though which is why I only got one roll for now.

Thanks!
~Geezer

Just got back from my annual trip to the DC area. Found a couple of old razors that need some TLC.

Boker tree brandwith some nice scales. Think I'll just leave the patina and hone it to my specifications
Has a crazy looking spine




JA Henckels Columbus with some nice looking scales. Again, I'll just leave the patina and hone it to my specifications




Should be good shavers once I'm finished with them!

Should be good razors.!?
Nah...Bokers suck, you should send them to me, for proper disposal.

They look even worse, once cleaned up..



Nice grab, can't go wrong with a Boker, or two.

Proper disposal!

EDIT:
I really like that specific Boker with the scales, I had one and wish I didn't sell it a while back.

I have one of those Bokers as well, almost bought one a couple days ago but missed the auction, went looking through my stash looking for this beautiful WB I have. Couldn’t find the Wade but found the Boker, guess during a rash of RAD it must have gotten forgotten.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I do have to find some Ballistol!

Go to the Ballistol site & they have a store locator or you can order direct at ballistol.com

So I honed up the Boker and the JA Henkels straights and shaved with them. Here's the skinny:

Boker - was excellent! This was the better of the two. As I honed it and then stropped it, the edge developed into a very keen and smooth one. This razor I could have gotten away with just a one pass. Butter smooth!

Ja Henkels - This razor still needs a little work. It's edge is still a little gritty. Will use some bubble glass and honing oil to smooth it out. The shave was good but needed two passes to get a bbs shave. I think it is capable of better.

Really nice razors though!

wow. super work

I too have one that has a crazy spine! I got it from BS&T on here &. I won't say the previous owner honed it but it was tricky to hone. I know Tom & maybe a few others know this razor. I did hone a frown out of it & it shaves nice but it took extra special TLC honing it because of the spine Bob did on it. He was a little OCD on it.



I also have one of those Boker's but mine is a covered tang. No one could see the name on it in the auction pics but I could barely make it out. I picked it up for a song because I think I was the only bidder on it. I'll dig it out & show it soon.

I also finaly found my Top Flight so I need to hone it & put it with my Case family collection. One scale on it had a slight tweak in it & it wasn't closing evenly so I used my iron on it for just around 20 minutes at a lower heat & it about got it completely out.

Before:


After:




It should be a sweet shaver after honed & stropped.