What are you working on?

A set of scales for a Freddy Reynolds, and a few Razors from the last find.
Sorry, I didn't take any before pics, besides the ones from show n tell, thread.

The first razor out the gate, was the covered tang, Herder.
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Only needed a rubbing with 3M, a quick bevel set, and breeze across the rocks, and a great test shave.
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The next one was a heap of active rust, at least only on the parts outside of the scales.
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So I cut the rust off with a SE blade, then 3M & steel wool. I was excited to find what the tang read, once thru the rust.
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Even more impressed to see "NO" hone wear
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Its 13/16ths. Here's a comparison against my FBU
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I guess I can live with the five o'clock shadow, from the teeny pits.

Cleaned and straightened the scales, a quick polish with Flitz, and back together with silver nickle rod, and SS under washers.
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Nice looking razors there outback.

I just finished up that W&B wedge for my friend. Nothing major. Got rid of the a active rust with MAAS. Cleaned and polished the scales and lead wedge. Re pinned with brass and a trip to the stones. My buddy wanted to leave the character of the blade intact which was a relief to me.

Shave test went very well, I love these old sheffield wedges. Now off to its new home.

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Yours came out very nice, as well.[emoji482]

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Thank you sir

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Nice work fellas! Some great outcomes posted here lately which means a few more sent honorably back into service :tu

Mike, you're getting back into "machine gun" form, good to see it. Hey, what about that zebrawood scale I see laying there? How's that project coming along?

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Nice work fellas! Some great outcomes posted here lately which means a few more sent honorably back into service :tu

Mike, you're getting back into "machine gun" form, good to see it. Hey, what about that zebrawood scale I see laying there? How's that project coming along?

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I got um thinned out, just needs shaped.
I work on them awhile, then rest my hands while I do something else, on the table. But not quite MGM...yet! [emoji41]

Mike nice save on the W&B!

Just a LITTLE project...LOL

This is the blade I cracked by using a dremel in the wrong direction. Its a bit on the short side but i figured it would make a nice razor for getting into that hollow in the neck. Needs a bit more work. Dont have any scales made for it yet and it needs to go on the hones still. Jim-Slick / J.C. Leineke, Culver City, Calif.
Still has some pitting on the backside up by the spine but not on the edge of the spine so I think it should hone up fine.
Hoping for a BIG Smiling Edge!

Anyone got a recommendation for shape on scales?

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I wished I knew you were doing that, Jerry. I could have sent my pattern of this, in the box I sent ya today. DAMMIT!!
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I can still steal it off the screen. Maybe fatter? Thanks for the pic Mike. Boy, thats a tiny wedge. Good idea. why make it any longer than it needs to be.

Hmmm, kinda similar.!

Been starring at this blade and I'm starting to think I might not be able to get a smile on it with the flat section in the middle. Maybe I need to round it from end to end?
One of you more experienced gentlemen let me know if I'm think correctly on this. I haven't done a lot of honing on smiles just yet.

I'm liking the shape of yours Mike. Who knows. It might be a week or two before I get this done. Or maybe tomorrow. Ha.

Look in the library, Jerry.
A rolling Xstroke. Heal forward, toe slightly off the hone. Do your Xstroke while gradually lifting the heel, ending on the toe at the end of the pass. I find it a lot easier to hone a smiler, over a straight.

Ive been working on that Mike. Its getting there. Im just thinking maybe i need a bit less of a straight spot in the blade. Its almost rounded now from end to end so maybe when the honing happens it will work itself out.

Yep..its a smiler alright

Hey Jerry when you are designing scales you need to remember that the the pivot of the scales needs to be of similar width as the tang, so it is easy to hold and flip. I have no idea if you kept that in mind or if you just got lucky with your design. I thought this might be a good time to mention it.
If your stroke it correct you can make it smile. I think you have this one under control.

If I may, the point in the scales at the pivot seems long.
Also, the angle it is taking might also make it uncomfortable to strop or hone.
That is why we mock them up, I suppose!

Well finally got the Parker all pinned up and ready to go, honed her up on a Jnat and will report the shave tomorrow, should be heaven.

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Also this is my first time peening so be gentle hahaha

Yes Shaun. I did know this but its still nice that you got my back. Thankyou.

Sharptonn, thankyou for your input. It was just a quick drawing. But i see what you mean. I will think about this some more for sure. I was thinking of the 270% possition while shaving but didnt take into account the rest of them. Good point!

I looked thru my stock of blanks for scales and think ill be going with a blue inlace acrylic.

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Sharptonn, thankyou for your input. It was just a quick drawing. But i see what you mean. I will think about this some more for sure. I was thinking of the 270% possition while shaving but didnt take into account the rest of them. Good point!

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I likely should admit. Sharp points on scales bother me.
I am prejudiced that way.

But HEY! I don't make scales! :D

Anyhoo, the Canadian mail running though Masset and over to Ontario and down to me was a nice, long nap! :rofl2:

Some scales are finally in my clutches! No sharp points!

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I've been traveling a lot lately for work and no let-up in sight. But managed to get a little time last Saturday and got a couple of em shaveable.

Here is a Globusmen/Globemen with some rust on the front and a chip in the edge. The chip doesn't look like much in the photo but it was a pain to get past it -- pretty hard steel and I ended up on the diamond lapping plate with it before taking it through the regular honing progression.

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It went into Evapo-rust, but some of the rust was under the gold wash, so rather than try too hard to preserve the gold wash I did my best to clean everything up. You can see here that the front is in fact pretty pitted especially near the toe. There was a big wad of some brown dried stuff in the scales at that spot, looks like the blade was actually in contact with it. The back (not shown) looks clean though! I am happy that I was able to match the original pins when I got it back in the scales.

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Like any Solingen blade, it shaves really nicely.

I also got this here 7/8" Ern Gong, and it was already pretty clean, just needed a little polishing and cleaning and of course a bevel set and full honing progression. It reminds me a bit of a Filarmonica 14 in use -- very much a full hollow. I really like though that there's very little stabilizer! The blade is plenty stiff without it and it makes honing a breeze.

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Roy, I got this Gong on Ebay from Walla Walla Wash! I have to come out your way one of these days -- if this guy's typical, your local dealers have a line on the good stuff!

I have a Gong! Have not tried it yet, but never was a more likely shaver!
Everyone has one?

Betcha we could have 'Gong Day' on SOTD! :)

Speaking of Evapo-rust, I posted before about a Henry Sears I got that I cleaned up with the aid of that stuff, and I filled in the bug bites in the scales with marine epoxy. That's held up well and old Henry's a favorite in my weekly rotation.

In that same lot I got this guy, marked "Chabrol a Paris":

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He had a rust problem and also a pretty bad sway back:

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Blade cleaned up okay:

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But the scales! They have some bug bites, which I can fill in with epoxy. But they are also pretty warped and dry. I was thinking of fixing the warping by soaking them in water and then baking them in a press I made for bending horn. I don't know about the soaking in water though. I was also thinking of neatsfoot oil but I'm concerned that the epoxy won't adhere after soaking in oil. What do you-all think? I could make new scales but the originals are actually pretty graceful and thin and the bug bites are relatively minor so it would be nice to save them.

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I have a Gong! Have not tried it yet, but never was a more likely shaver!
Everyone has one?

Betcha we could have 'Gong Day' on SOTD! :)

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And some tunes to go with it!

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Jmabuse I just used steam from a boiling pot of water to take warps out. It worked ok on one and not as much with the other. After steam and pressure with my thumbs I set something heavy on them until they cooled. Like I say, one it worked out. The other wanted to warp in another area so I'm leaving it be. I'd like to know how yours work out.

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Jmabuse I just used steam from a boiling pot of water to take warps out. It worked ok on one and not as much with the other. After steam and pressure with my thumbs I set something heavy on them until they cooled. Like I say, one it worked out. The other wanted to warp in another area so I'm leaving it be. I'd like to know how yours work out.

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I'll report back on whatever method I end up using. My press is just a 2x4 cut to a nice shape on the bandsaw -- I use C-clamps to clamp the scales in there with parchment paper so they don't stick, and I bake at 225 for half an hour or so. It's worked on scales I made from new horn but I've never tried it on old scales. The 2x4 has warped a little from a few trips through the oven but nothing that affects the performance. Pretty easy to make a new press if I need one.

The press and oven sound interesting. I have some big horn sheep horns at home I need to figure out how to make into slabs and scales.s
Tom that was a long long journey. I guess it is time to make the kids some.

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Jmabuse I just used steam from a boiling pot of water to take warps out. It worked ok on one and not as much with the other. After steam and pressure with my thumbs I set something heavy on them until they cooled. Like I say, one it worked out. The other wanted to warp in another area so I'm leaving it be. I'd like to know how yours work out.

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Just given me an idea for my vegetable steamer.

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Just given me an idea for my vegetable steamer.
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Another Vegtal maker? Don't let Hirlau know!:confused:
~Richard

I had been wanting a 3/8 razor. Why, I dont know. Guess because I dont have one. So I had come across this 5/8 Full hollow MERIT, Back of tang says Fred W. Kiefer Co. Germany. The edge had a couple big chips but rust wasnt too bad. Used the Dremel the right direction this time and cut the edge down to 7/16. Dug thru my drawer of scales and found a thin set that were in decent shape. Got it cleaned up a bit and pined. Still need to put it on the hones and its going to take some work after what I did to the edge but its still in the hollow so should be ok. Still a tiny bit of the top of the chip in the edge as I didn't want to take any more than I needed.
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It should end up a real honest 3/8 from spine to edge when I'm done. The pics make it look like its more narrow at the tip but the last pic shows its straight.

Another one I got ready for the hones today is this RAHAMIN PENHAS (couldn't find any info on it?) Made in Singapore. Well, its close to china! Marked "Best Steel Razor" #2515. I had a pink blank I'd been wanting to use so I went with it. With the detailed spine work I think the pink give it a pretty look. Dont know how why this steel is going to hone up. I'm hoping its not as bad as a GD or ZY or worse! But I was about to dress another razor and use a blank I didn't know what I was going to do with.
So, If you have any info on this razor please let me know.

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One more! I got started on the shorty. Its mocked up and ready for the wedge fitting and sanding of scales. Will need to wait till next weekend I get to get this one finished and all three honed.
BTW, copied your pic Mike for the scales. :)
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I have a Gong! Have not tried it yet, but never was a more likely shaver!
Everyone has one?

Betcha we could have 'Gong Day' on SOTD! :)

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I DON'T.!! [emoji56]

Me ether. Damn, Not another one I got to add to the list. :)

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I'll report back on whatever method I end up using. My press is just a 2x4 cut to a nice shape on the bandsaw -- I use C-clamps to clamp the scales in there with parchment paper so they don't stick, and I bake at 225 for half an hour or so. It's worked on scales I made from new horn but I've never tried it on old scales. The 2x4 has warped a little from a few trips through the oven but nothing that affects the performance. Pretty easy to make a new press if I need one.

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I've straightend several horn scales , by using a heat lamp. Get um all hot and flexible, and bend and twist them to break the memory from the fibers, until they lay flat, then sandwich them between two flat surfaces, till cool. Some I've had to repeat the process a few times, but it usually works.

Then the repairs, then soak in a bit of neats foot oil. I put it all in a zip lock bag, set it in a plastic tray, and put them in the window sill to warm in the sun, sometimes for several weeks. Three weeks have been the longest, so far.

I thought about trying that Mike and still may. Got mine in shape pretty well. The steam started to put a warp in a different area and I finally just went with what I got. Didn't want to flex mine to much both scales are cracked at the pivot.

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Another one I got ready for the hones today is this RAHAMIN PENHAS
So, If you have any info on this razor please let me know.

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Looks pretty old.. Cannot make out the front tang stamp.
Betcha that thing is an Ern or something from Germany.
Dealt from a dealer in Singapore.

Happened all the time?

Tough to get anything like this done, but a couple of old picture frames I hope to use to display some oldies.
These were in In-law's closet. Somebody's great-granddad and grandmother's pics as they were young. Wish I had taken pics, but handsome pair in pricey frames with hand-domed glass. Glass was loose, paper backing gone. Convex pics were in several pieces.
Crumbling.

A guy bid 250 bucks on them at the sale. Wife and sister in law cried and bitched.
They oughta be restored, sez they....

SO Old Tom took the pics out and gingerly packed them in a tubby...

All wrapped in white linen. Yes...As cold as the clay.

Told 'em anytime they wanted to have the pics restored, go for it.
Meanwhile, the frames are getting touched-up, the glass will be siliconed to the wood from the backside, and the frames will cover some cool old razors in my room.

Will take a long while, but at 18 X 13ish glass area, should be prominent in the space allotted.
Way over 120 years old, I think!

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