Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

My pics don't do them any justice.

Nah! We have the educated eye!

Pictures are fine. We love pictures here! Nice razors!

Those turned out really nice M.G. Mike!

I've been working on my Frederick Reynolds Masonic razor. The scales were trashed so I got one of my good sets of vintage horn scales & they're fermenting in neatsfoot oil right now. I had to make a thicker wedge for it so I finally melted down my cerrobend & made a wedge. That is some good stuff. It melted fast & it isn't as soft as lead plus I think it will hold a shine better. I took a little too much off the outer edge a little so I had to file the hole a little towards the flat side & I put a piece of 3/32" brass tubing in it & it fits much better now. I'll take my scales out in a little while or tomorrow & put 'er together.





BTW, that is the old wedge next to it & it was a hollow grind blade in those scales which is why my new one is thicker because the Masonic blade is a near wedge.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

My pics don't do them any justice.

Your pics are fine... I do like that Bengall. Great shavers too.

Originally Posted by engine46

Those turned out really nice M.G. Mike!

I've been working on my Frederick Reynolds Masonic razor. The scales were trashed so I got one of my good sets of vintage horn scales & they're fermenting in neatsfoot oil right now. I had to make a thicker wedge for it so I finally melted down my cerrobend & made a wedge. That is some good stuff. It melted fast & it isn't as soft as lead plus I think it will hold a shine better. I took a little too much off the outer edge a little so I had to file the hole a little towards the flat side & I put a piece of 3/32" brass tubing in it & it fits much better now. I'll take my scales out in a little while or tomorrow & put 'er together.





BTW, that is the old wedge next to it & it was a hollow grind blade in those scales which is why my new one is thicker because the Masonic blade is a near wedge.

Cerrobend...!!! What the ...... Is that?
Never heard of it. That's also why I like using bullet lead, its harder and shines better than pure lead. (Higher concentration of tin). I like babbit too.

M.G. Mike, it is also called Woods metal & it was brought up awhile back, last year some time. It is 50% Bismuth, 26.7% Lead, 13.3% Tin & 10% Cadmium. Look it up on Wikipedia. I thought I would try it out. I still make 'em from lead, brass & whatever. I even thought about hammering a nickel into one.

BTW, Happy Memorial Day my brothers in blades!



A day of remembrance of our fathers, family members, friends & the many others who helped make our country what it stands for.

Cerrobend is nice stuff. I've been using it for my wedges for awhile now. Melts at a lot lower temperature than lead (about 170 degrees) and I think it shines up brighter than lead too. I experimented by pouring some molten cerrobend into the inlay cavity of some acrylic scales and it didn't even deform. I need to test it out some more on some different scales to see if there is any deformation.

Got this one in the mail today. So cleaning her up and then making some scales.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Got this one in the mail today. So cleaning her up and then making some scales.

That may be the most beautiful blade I've ever seen Colin. Stunning! Can't wait to see it done. Congratulations on finding that one.

Yeah! That little notch really sets it apart!