Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Nice job Mike..way to save the age..
I could use one of those stache blades..
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But I need it as bad as you.[emoji1]

Originally Posted by outback

Roy.. Ive used baking soda and CA , to repair bone scales before , with very good results. Had to extend one that had deteriorated at the pivot end of the scale.
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Worked very well.

Great job machine gun Mike!

Originally Posted by williamc

Had a go at Roman knot file work tonight, far from perfect but I'm happy for my first go. Attachment 227772Attachment 227773Attachment 227774

William, that's really incredible at your first go! My internet was down yesterday or I would have replied sooner. I did get on last night with my cell phone for a short while.
That is really some beautiful work my friend. You must have gifted hands! Keep up the great work. I can't say enough about such a gorgeously well done job. Congrats & thanks for sharing.

Nothing very special - a 7/8+ W & B with a chip in the blade near the middle and another right at the point. I breadknifed the chips out, increasing the smile a bit to get all of damage in the point out. I also reground the stabilizer to clear the hone with the reshaped edge. Honing was done with one layer of tape: King 1k, 'La Petite Blanche' then "Le Verte' coticules, finishing on a Shobudani Asagi with Tomo Nagura. There were no scales so I used an original as a pattern for some rather nice variegated horn, finished off with a lead wedge, brass bullseye washers, and nickel silver pins. The blade now measures just a tad under 13/16" at the widest part.

Right now I'm trying to lap a hone that my Uncle sawed out of a chunk of black rock he picked up down in Arkansas. The hone us incredibly hard and dense. Deep black and 4" long by 2" wide. I'm using wet/dry stuck to my shop lapping plate to get it flat and his saw marks out. This thing is driving me nuts.

My Uncle was a rock hound and had huge diamond saws to cut these things into slabs. I was one of the fortunate nephews to get one from him.

Hi

I am new to this forum, today
I have this older straight razor, had for a number of years.

I decided to hone the razor for my first time.
I watched most of the YT vids on honeing.

The interesting thing, to me is one side has a hollow and the other side does not.
When I first started on this blade I found a definite frown section when held against a straight edge.
I butter knifed the edge on a stone and brought it down to mostly straight except on the toe and heal.
I started the hone with a fairly course stone until I had a nice bevel showing, pretty even one one side.
Now I don't have any of the normal stones so on a piece of alabaster and some fine grit in oil suspension.
With the polishing compound I get a nice band of grey up to the edge, on one side and some on the heel and toe on the other side.
Unfortunately I do not have a way of photographing the edge under magnification.
The hollow shows clearly under a strong glass though.
I continued to grind away with the abrasive compound on the hollow side until I got a small band across the hollow.

I think the previous owner must have hand a strange method of stropping, much heavier in one direction on a traditional strop that flexed away from the blade at the edges.

What do you think?

Originally Posted by Benz

Right now I'm trying to lap a hone that my Uncle sawed out of a chunk of black rock he picked up down in Arkansas. The hone us incredibly hard and dense. Deep black and 4" long by 2" wide. I'm using wet/dry stuck to my shop lapping plate to get it flat and his saw marks out. This thing is driving me nuts.

My Uncle was a rock hound and had huge diamond saws to cut these things into slabs. I was one of the fortunate nephews to get one from him.

Pics please....ya know the rules[emoji5]

Originally Posted by dkwflight

Hi

I am new to this forum, today
I have this older straight razor, had for a number of years.

I decided to hone the razor for my first time.
I watched most of the YT vids on honeing.

The interesting thing, to me is one side has a hollow and the other side does not.
When I first started on this blade I found a definite frown section when held against a straight edge.
I butter knifed the edge on a stone and brought it down to mostly straight except on the toe and heal.
I started the hone with a fairly course stone until I had a nice bevel showing, pretty even one one side.
Now I don't have any of the normal stones so on a piece of alabaster and some fine grit in oil suspension.
With the polishing compound I get a nice band of grey up to the edge, on one side and some on the heel and toe on the other side.
Unfortunately I do not have a way of photographing the edge under magnification.
The hollow shows clearly under a strong glass though.
I continued to grind away with the abrasive compound on the hollow side until I got a small band across the hollow.

I think the previous owner must have hand a strange method of stropping, much heavier in one direction on a traditional strop that flexed away from the blade at the edges.

What do you think?

Need more pics of the razor

Flat one side, hollow grind the other? Sounds like a microtome. A specialized razor made before the advent of electric tissue cutting equipment. Used to cut wafer thin tissue sections for analysis. Some say similar to the Japanese Kamisori. Somehwere ther are threads about these razors. Use the search function and enjoy reading.

Originally Posted by outback

Pics please....ya know the rules[emoji5]

I wish I had a digital camera so you guys could look and give me help. All that's left is a hollow about the size of a 50 cent piece 1/32 of an inch deep. Of course the closer I get it to being flat means I have more surface area to remove. This rock eats 220 w/d like it was tissue paper.