Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

First tell her that you love her.
As such you cant allow her to have a un kept man.
Said man needs implements of care becoming her status.

To translate into Redneck English: "If you can't dazzle her with Brilliance; Baffle her with BS:

Sorry my friend, I just couldn't resist!

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Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

This Boker Red Injun 101 SP just needs some Polish and a honing. Hoping to tackle that while my wife is at zumba.

We are going to have an intervention. Now you are as quick and thorough as they come.
But speeding through while the wife is at Zumba is just to fast

Just lucky with this one Jonathan. Slight surface rust around the pivot, tarnish on the rest. It was an easy cleanup. Honing was also lucky, one of those that took an edge quite easy. I've had a good streak of those lately.... fingers crossed that it continues.... at least for a little while.

Its been a full weekend.
Starting Saturday morning, till now.
1. Cleaned up a Mappin & Webb.

2. Did some minor repairs to some horn scales, and put them to oil.

3. Honed a Crown & Sword, and a American Razor Co.

4. Put a FBU in oil

5. Finished bringing a strop back to life, that I got from the flea market a while back. And reblued the hardware.


To be continued

Nice work Mike. I'm impressed with the strop too. Looks fantastic.

6. Cleaned my SRD Latigo, and CA PHILLIPS strops with saddle soap, and cleaned the linen on the Phillips, after
hanging a new shelf in the shave den, for my shave mugs, and strops.
7. And will finish honing the last razor in the NHB, (needs honed box) the Top Flight, from Steve (Engine 46).


Then I can resume to the next project(s)
Puting the Mappin & Webb in the horns, and cleaning up the FBU.

Whew!! Busy, busy, busy [emoji38]

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Nice work Mike. I'm impressed with the strop too. Looks fantastic.

Thanks Andrew. She took a bit to bring around. Half of it was as stiff as cardboard, when I got it.

Originally Posted by outback

Thanks Andrew. She took a bit to bring around. Half of it was as stiff as cardboard, when I got it.

Whatcha do to it to get I right again? I had an old strop that was pretty hard, or "glazed." I took 150 grit sandpaper to remove that hard glazing and it worked very well.

Originally Posted by outback

Thanks Andrew. She took a bit to bring around. Half of it was as stiff as cardboard, when I got it.

What did you do to it? Looks great!

Busy boy!

Saddle soap three different times, applications of water and neets foot oil. (A little at a time). Apply...wait a few days, apply...wait a few days. I would also rub it with a smooth glass, and warm it up from the friction of the glass. This thing sucked up every bit of oil and water that I fed it, and will probably take a bit more. But its flexable again, and at a useable state for now. With use, it'll only get better.

There are some great articles in the forum on this, I just used some ideas from them. But moisture and oil + time, were the ones I kept seeing the most.

Originally Posted by outback

Thanks Andrew. She took a bit to bring around. Half of it was as stiff as cardboard, when I got it.

Been most productive this weekend Mike. New shelf looks awesome, as does all the project work.