Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Lol not sure what that means?

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Almost too much smile for the spine. Would be nicer to level-out the edge a bit, beginning at the 2nd quarter from the front . Get the geometry right, so to speak.
The stabilizer may need attention.
They shall explain!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Almost too much smile for the spine. Would be nicer to level-out the edge a bit, beginning at the 2nd quarter from the front . Get the geometry right, so to speak.
The stabilizer may need attention.
They shall explain!

Ohhh im with ya sharptonn. Id really like to see what the bevel comes out like im not comfortable messing with the stabilizer yet. I was freaked enough getting the big chip out i saw it this way, i list a bit at the toe but this way i have not lost a bunch of blade width overall. I honestly took a few strokes to try and blend the toe to the middle of the blade. And actually may still do this. Good eye sir [emoji106]

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Oh it is definitely doable with some serious swoop, avoiding the heel/stabilizer'
Get it on...We all will be waiting!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Oh it is definitely doable with some serious swoop, avoiding the heel/stabilizer'
Get it on...We all will be waiting!

The show deadwood was a great show by the way. That guy was one of my favorite characters too!

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That's just and old version of fonzie!

Agree with Tom about the geometry, if you make the edge end smile parallel to the spine end curve the razor will look and hone good. Right now it looks like it's got a huge beer belly.

Yup, make the toe curve, match the heel curve or closer to it.

You can see a wear flat, on the spine, over the stabilizer. The last honer, used excessive pressure trying to get the heel honed, when all he needed to do was reshape the bevel.

To re shape the heel, take a coin, penny or nickel and draw the radius with a sharpie, so that the end of the heel edge, is well ahead of the stabilizer, then shape on a diamond plate or low grit stone, it won’t take much. It will hone much easier and the bevel will be more even.

If you plan your cuts with a sharpie, and you don’t like it. You just wipe it off with WD40 and start over.

So here is a good photo of a gorgeous restoration, (I think it was one of Mikes, Wolfpack's)
where the heel has been properly formed, notice how far forward the edge ends in front of the stabilizer, in this case about 4-5 mm.

It does not have to be that much of a radius, but in this case, it looks good. This is where black sharpie ink pays off. It will show you exactly what it will look like, before you remove any steel. A quarter would reproduce that radius, then blend into the edge.

The steel is really, thin at the heel and just a few strokes, will reshape it quickly. I like to flip the razor on the spine and make a flat about 45 degrees to the edge, with a diamond plate or diamond file, to the marked sharpie line, then just blend the corners for a nice even radius.

It also makes the heel fully usable, I often use the heel to shave tough spots like the corners of my mouth.

I will definitely be looking at this tonight. I just dont want to lose to much blade. But with the ding it had i guess its gonna come with the territory. Thanks Euclid

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Originally Posted by Euclid440

So here is a good photo of a gorgeous restoration, (I think it was one of Mikes, Wolfpack's)
where the heel has been properly formed, notice how far forward the edge ends in front of the stabilizer, in this case about 4-5 mm.

It does not have to be that much of a radius, but in this case, it looks good. This is where black sharpie ink pays off. It will show you exactly what it will look like, before you remove any steel. A quarter would reproduce that radius, then blend into the edge.

The steel is really, thin at the heel and just a few strokes, will reshape it quickly. I like to flip the razor on the spine and make a flat about 45 degrees to the edge, with a diamond plate or diamond file, to the marked sharpie line, then just blend the corners for a nice even radius.

It also makes the heel fully usable, I often use the heel to shave tough spots like the corners of my mouth.

I see what you mean about the edge by the stabilizer especially well on the ohoto of the back of the blade. Ill try and duplicate this.

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