Thread: What are you working on?

Minor regrinds are totally doable by hand. A major however requires a belt grinder. I have done a handful both ways. The belt grinder is an expensive but very great tool for blade makers and people doing restoration. I believe the Cadillac of them is a Bader brand. The take some instruction and practice as well. Best show up in Texas for a few February’s if you put one on your shopping list.

I’d just give the wostie A couple pieces of tape and hone it. I have a Joseph Elliot with worse hone wear and tried hand regrinding it. To do it right would of taken days worth of work. I gave up after getting some of the pitting out. She needs three pieces of tape but she sure shaves fine.


Can’t even tell the hone wear is there after some strategic sanding.

Hey! You never know!

On some of the well-worn oldies it is all pasted strop wear.
Sometimes, re-establishing the bevel is easier than it looked!

JFK742, I liked your post and you added the picture just after. There should be an option for a double like. Cool blade!

Like I mentioned, someone in the not too distant past has put an edge on that Wostenholm- that edge is awfully sharp to be completely done. I'll start with a honing session and see where that leads me.

Rez, when it comes to evening out the spine would that result in a larger but even bevel? If so, could that large bevel effect then be overcome with use of tape?

That's my thoughts on it, Sonny. I honed a wedge for MrZ, that had horrible hone wear at the toe. The spine width from heal to toe, was .020 "difference. A bit of tape layering brought it back close to even.

Taking the show of the hone wear from below the spine is purely cosmetic. It does take a lot of work to straighten the bevel. You may be fine after a honing. Try a few layers of tape and set the bevel, you may be surprised in a good way. However it may shave like a dream with a crooked bevel or not.

I got a little ham fisted tightening the vice on the engraver block. In doin so I cracked one of my scales. So I was left with the choice of should I remake one side or go with liners. I decided liners for this occasion. Red 0.036” G-10 and I will use a black horn wedge.

A long time ago Geezer aka Richard had mentioned using a file instead of sandpaper to ensure the edges did not round down. So I filed the sheen off of the G-10 to get good adhesion. Latex gloves and everything got a thorough cleaning with acetone, then glued together. I used a cold cure two part glue from fibre tech. It has worked well in the past. They are waiting to dry so I will have to start another project.

Looks like a good choice.

Sometimes you have to just go with the flow.

While waiting for my glue to dry I cleaned up a Henckels 11V and fixed some chips on the edge of the scales of this W&B. I have a set of scales in the dye proccess right now that I started today.

Busy Boy, Rez!



Luckily, I am very busy trying to make money. Paying for the last spurt of razor madness.
Keep us entertained!