Thread: What are you working on?

Got to give you trouble Tom. I know i can find lots of pics on google.
I like how the scales top edge follows the spine on that one Tom. Makes for a great look.

Originally Posted by Gasman

The one ive done i kept a wet sponge at hand. Cut with a drimmel a bit and dab with the sponge. If i see red then i really cut back on the time cutting. It worked for me before.

Now if i can talk Tom, the owner of many many razors, to open his razor vault and send me a picture or 3 of Spanish point blades.

Not one of Tom’s but I like the looks of it.


I think he’s on here or used to be, milemarker or something similar I think is his screen name.

So are we working on one of these?

Nope, thought you went to bed, first pic I found with a Spanish point in it.

Here ya go, Jerry. One Spanish point.

That point looks potentially nasty. Do you round it off for safety?

Meh...Not on a shortie, I think. Nice square-point with a rounded grob, IMO.

Mike those scales turned out great! They were broken, not terribly bad, but required some skill to get right... And that you did!
I'll keep sending you tired, poor, huddled masses of blades yearning to cut free hair. The wretched refuse of long past teeming barbershops.. I'll send these, the hone-less, rust-tossed blades to you. And you'll lift your lamp above your golden work-bench.
Hehehe


Jerry, glad the blade made it safe. That blade is so thinly ground that I wonder if the tip extends too far that it will be wobbly. I figured the original tip is what you would go with but Spanish point is very cool, but that little protruding tip is what I worried about being too flexible. Guess you will know when you try it. As far as shaving with spikes and such point tips, I always cut myself. Lol

Here....Bran-new Herder shortie. Been here for about 3 years.......(Ahem)

After getting home this morning i took another look at the blade. Mike T., i think you may be right about this. It is so thin that if it was cut back as a Spanish point there would be nothing to support the tip and the slightest touch would flex it extremely.
I also found a tiny crack about 1/16" long and 1/2" from the stabilizer. This is going to make it difficult to cut down but no impossible. I will just have to be extremely careful and cross my fingers and toes.
So looks like the square point is going to be the best for this grind as i dont want to do a round tip. Sometimes you just have to take another look.