Thread: What are you working on?

+1 to Benz. MikeB52 and Outback got me to do the same. Thanks to you guys for motivating me this winter.
Faceturbating is that a real word?? I know what it means, that is funny stuff.

I picked up the word from outback's posts. Faceturbating happens when you get an off the charts shave. My face feels like it did before I got pubed.

I know what it means. I didnt know it had a term.
I do it still. I no of no greater joy than watching a newbie post first BBS shave.
Yes outback may have coined a term. I will use it for life.

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

+1 to Benz. MikeB52 and Outback got me to do the same. Thanks to you guys for motivating me this winter.
Faceturbating is that a real word?? I know what it means, that is funny stuff.

Its beem used through the forum many times. I laughed my head off the first time I heard someone use it. [emoji38]

I scooped up an old straight razor at a junk shop on the weekend. Blade seems to be in OK condition so I thought before I sent it to somebody to get honed I'd make some new scales for it, just for something to do. I got my hands on a bunch of 3mm aluminium at work, so I decided to use some of that. I've got a pinning kit coming in the mail soon.

The pinning kit is nickel silver, but has brass washers to go in between the blade and scales. Apparently brass and aluminium don't love each other, so could I use a plastic washer instead? I assume it should be something softer than the stainless steel so it doesn't chew the blade and/or scales up.

Pics of razor when I got and and disassembledProject SR - Album on Imgur

Originally Posted by Bungle

I scooped up an old straight razor at a junk shop on the weekend. Blade seems to be in OK condition so I thought before I sent it to somebody to get honed I'd make some new scales for it, just for something to do. I got my hands on a bunch of 3mm aluminium at work, so I decided to use some of that. I've got a pinning kit coming in the mail soon.

The pinning kit is nickel silver, but has brass washers to go in between the blade and scales. Apparently brass and aluminium don't love each other, so could I use a plastic washer instead? I assume it should be something softer than the stainless steel so it doesn't chew the blade and/or scales up.

Pics of razor when I got and and disassembledProject SR - Album on Imgur

What is wrong with the scales. Don't throw them out. Same them, you never know when you will need a set.

Man... Those look cool .
Personally I'd leave them on. Is there something wrong with them?

Originally Posted by Bungle

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The pinning kit is nickel silver, but has brass washers to go in between the blade and scales. Apparently brass and aluminium don't love each other, so could I use a plastic washer instead? I assume it should be something softer than the stainless steel so it doesn't chew the blade and/or scales up.

Pics of razor when I got and and disassembledProject SR - Album on Imgur

Nice haul! A thin nylon or mylar washer would work well. Mylar is usually used as a drafting film. Neither will wear very much so be careful not to make the pinning too tight.

Aluminum, from my experiences, is a nice material. Howsomever it will show every deep sanding scratch til you have worked reversed diagonally up the grits to a polishing grit. then you may have to drop back a few levels to get the scratches that show up then.

If you look carefully this was at 2K grit. I had to drop back a couple levels to get the barely visible scratches out.
Have fun and don't get discouraged by having to go back a few grits more than once. I have worked aluminum and other soft metals most of my 50 year career and...I still had to go back more than once. The I could go and carefully polish with a new buff and fresh polish. By hand with an automobile polish, or Filtz, or Simichrompoly will do also and less chance of showing polishing feathers like on the right lower part of the top one above.
These are hammer formed but your solid ones will finish the same way.
Have fun!
~Richard

Originally Posted by RezDog

What is wrong with the scales. Don't throw them out. Same them, you never know when you will need a set.

Originally Posted by outback

Man... Those look cool .
Personally I'd leave them on. Is there something wrong with them?

+1 on the scales. Are they pressed horn or something or are they something else like bakelite or celluloid? They almost look like pressed horn but I'm not sure............
They are way too cool to throw away. I'd use 'em on the same blade.

Cleaning up a Genco gold seal. Then sending it out to be replated.