This Robeson Shuredge has a black hammered tang...
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And this M. Jung No. 80 has the blue all the way up the tang and around the toe.
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Both of which I picked up NOS.
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This Robeson Shuredge has a black hammered tang...
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And this M. Jung No. 80 has the blue all the way up the tang and around the toe.
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Both of which I picked up NOS.
Going back to this post...
... and this very useful 'Strop 101' from @Euclid440...
...here is where we are up to:
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I admit, it is not looking good... I fear the fault is partially or entirely mine, I started the hydrating process with what I had, which was dubbin, and I think this coated the strop and made it appear better than it was. I then started working the strop, and I think the dubbin again masked the cracking. Lesson learned...
For the past couple of months, I've been dampening the strop and applying neatsfoot periodically, and it now seems to be pretty flexible, though with the battle scars acquired on the way.
The question at this point is, to what extent can this be salvaged? I know I can sand the cracks to some extent, am I looking at a strop only good for penknifes? Only good for pasting? Or is the door to an ok strop still a tiny touch open?
Many thanks!
Took a couple days to myself, and cleaned up a Wade & Butcher that's been sitting in the tadoo drawer.
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Just a quicky on this one. Separating the scales, sand and CA the delamination spots, polish the scales, clean the blade w/ 3M, clean and polish the original, steel collars, pinned with brass rod.
Honed, and awaiting the shave for this evening.
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I have one exactly like that which has a rust line across the etching. I need a good straight on close up picture I can use to try to make a resist from. Since it is already ruined I figured this would be a good place to try the acid etching. My plan is to make a 7 day set with the days etched in the spine but I need a razor to try it on first that I'm not so worried about making mistakes on.
About as good as I can get.
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I appreciate that. You've been very helpful.
The etching on that W&B is crisp!
Okay so that was a corny joke.
I happened to look in my junk mail & that's where all my emails from here have been going. The first one I saw was a few pages back where I saw something about scripture or something but there's a lot more in my junk. I don't get it because I didn't put any in my junk folder. I need to see if I can fix that.
I felt good enough to work on an '82 Harley FXRS I have and hone a couple razors. Hope you guys are doing well, at least better than me.