Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by outback

Not sure of what the tang stamp reads..
Maybe one of you know.!?]

Looks like its a BJ Eyre to me Mike, but it looks like it says Germany below.
I have an Eyre somewhere in the shop but I thought he a British maker.
Nice work as always mate!

That's what I was thinking it said, but have never heard the name before.

STRAZORS.com - all about classic razors - B.J. Eyre & Co., Sheffield.

From a trusted source

Here's why I recognized the name. Was tearing the shop apart looking for it.
Seems I have one from a guy that worked for Eyre and branched off on his own but had permission to link his makers mark.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ml#post1441564

Finished up the Wosty !!
Twas my first major blade repair using greaseless, and a new stitched wheel for dremmels.
The blade had been sanded on prior to my purchase, probably with 100 - 150 grit.

Started with 240, and progressed to 600 greaseless, then a bit of hand sanding w/ 800 crocus & honing oil. Then Emory on the stitched wheel, touching up the spots on the tang that were sanded as well. This left the blade face, with a polished, brushed look. The rest of the tang and spine were cleaned up using, steel wool, Goo Gone, and Never Dull with a bit of Emory rubbed in it. No metal polish was used, except on the scales.

Looks good Mike, nice smile on 'er.
I'm getting ready to take a Boker Red Injun 100 apart & swap blades. The original blade has a chip with a crack & they are already small enough, it wasn't worth honing to me.





I have Boker Red Injun 101's & a Boker Red Injun 102 with a slight frown so it won't be full width when it's done.

So the bone scales..

Soaked for 24 hours in cold steeped light barley, didn't do much. Then soaked for 48 hours in cold steeped black malt. I think it did the trick. The capillaries are back although faint. I like the effect.

I think we can call that I success. Most importantly you are happy with the outcome. I do think they turned out rather well. I would consider waxing them to keep the effect stable. Us non brewers may have trouble imitating that method. It's nice when an experiment turns out to be exactly what you had wanted. Nice work.

Thank you man. I appreciate that .. ill wax em up right now..

The dang temp is 102 today. Ahhhh! Thought I'd stick this blank I'm epoxying outside in the oven we call Ontario, help speed up the cure of this ultra slow cure epoxy. Base is Cocobolo and the top is Honey Jasper Trustone (Rekon stone)