Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

This-I wish I had a small portion of Mike's skills with horn that I would probably consider toast.

As a kid, pops told me it was best to be a jack of all trades. It was better to know a bit of everything, than to know everything about one thing. This way you can apply the knowledge to other tasks that come up in life.

Scales are a lot like doing body repair on cars, or boats

Easy fellas. You're gonna give him a big head.
Seriously though that is nice work for sure Mike.

Man, son. Them Thar's practally fighten werds, kinfoke don't be taken to dat kinda talk.

Dae be lookin for critters like yersef.



It truly is a pic of some of my kinfolks from I believe early 1900s, could be late 1800s.

All I know, is the man in the far right was my grandfathers uncle, Ewell Hoskins. He gave my grandpa the model 97 Winchester that he's got in the pic, which he gave to my dad, and my dad to me.

It has put more vidles on the family table, than a piggly wiggly store. If it flew, walked or crawled, it was on the table

Originally Posted by DVW

Got the first one of the SMKW NOS razors done. The other three are heat treated and ready for finish grinding. It was interesting to see how the blades were cast/forged and how the scales were assembled. These don't look to be real high end, but so far the steel looks to be of good quality. They all got hard as expected and this one has good flex on the edge after tempering and grinding. I still need to finish honing it and give it a test shave.

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Finally got around to honing it and having the first shave. It sharpened easily and gave a wife approved shave. All in all it's not a bad razor. If you have the means to heat treat and grind these things, then they are a heck of a deal for $10. I did change the grind on it. It looks like you would need about a 2 inch contact wheel to match the factory grind. I don't have a 2 inch wheel, so it is now a near wedge. Fortunately there was enough steel from the factory casting/forging process for me to get away with that.

Finished up the W&B I've had on the bench.

Pleased with the end results of, keeping it looking old and clean, but in good shape and still in use.









Now to work in some time on the rocks, with my day off work, schedule.

Love that scalloped spine.

Originally Posted by outback

Finished up the W&B I've had on the bench.

Pleased with the end results of, keeping it looking old and clean, but in good shape and still in use.









Now to work in some time on the rocks, with my day off work, schedule.

Damn Fine Work Mike!

The second SMKW NOS razor is done. I changed the blade shape on this one to something that I liked better. One thing about these is that it is teaching me to grind smaller blades. I bought these as a learning experience and they are proving to be that. The handles on these are not that precise, but they are functional.

Yes. Grinding razors is fairly tricky, and practise is important. With much coaching I have ground one razor to half hollow. It was rewarding. Your grinding is looking good.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Yes. Grinding razors is fairly tricky, and practice is important. With much coaching I have ground one razor to half hollow. It was rewarding. Your grinding is looking good.

Thanks. I'm used to working with as much steel as I want. These things are already pretty thin so it puts a restriction on me that is good for gaining experience. I got one side ground darn near perfect, but the other side proved to be more challenging. It turned out well, but I know I can do better. I still have two more to practice on. I don't think that I will buy any more unless a buddy wants one or something. I want to go back to forging my own blades again.