Thread: What are you working on?

Rehone for shave. 300 year old shorty . Ok so til this thing is a full wedge so I'm gonna have to redo with 3 tape? ....

It does shave, quite well as it turns out...I just wanted to try and rehone for funzies. And yes, the bevel is all kinds of screwy, I think?

And here's the profile,

Who's the maker?

Samuel Creswick. The mark was a mystery to me until I saw this post from voidmonster. I'm thinking the son maybe in the 40s or 50s?

I'm a little sad it was cleaned up so shiny though ☹️

Well, while I usually use a badger hair brush I do once in awhile prefer a boars hair. I had a small one that was just about thread bare so I ordered a 20 mm from FleaBay, it included shipping (nothings actually free) for $8.00 plus the tax.

I'd made a simple little jig to hold the handle while I drilled it out.





I don't have any pics of the previous brush before taking it out. However here's the new brush in the holder.



And the new brush glued in. Now to just wait till it's dried to wash it so it's not got that wet dog smell. It might even bloom a bit.

The loft looks just about right to me. I think i have one blue one of those and two reds. They hold small knots.

Originally Posted by Gasman

The loft looks just about right to me. I think i have one blue one of those and two reds. They hold small knots.

Well I think it's right---I'll see if it'll bloom out a bit more tomorrow. That'll give the glue plenty of time to set.

Originally Posted by Tjh

Samuel Creswick. The mark was a mystery to me until I saw this post from voidmonster. I'm thinking the son maybe in the 40s or 50s?

I'm a little sad it was cleaned up so shiny though ☹️

I understand where your coming from. Not all blades need to look like new, again. But sometimes you find one worth the effort.





I love the shaves these ol' cast steel blades, give.

I love that Wolf, Mike. Always on the lookout for one like it.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yup. Looks like they made a lil fella out of a bigger one.....WITH the scales on.

I think the stem of the pipe is what I see in pic 1?

Spot on, gents. Wosty Pipe/peep.



I think your right about the scales being still on it, or he was afraid he'd mess up the angles.

I've had to do a bit of grinding at the heel and show side stabilizer/shoulder. It never got thinned out, and kept the heel off the stone.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

You don't HAVE to use striped scales, Josh! Just some better ones!

Well, the solid color ones anyway.

I have a red "BLACKJACK" razor I would definitely want to be translucent red scales on like the original. Kirinite Pearl on Ducks.

Does anyone sell blanks closer to original scale thickness than 1/8 inch?