Thread: What are you working on?

Looks like typical bartop stuff? You can make scales on top of liners with that!

Some I did with 'flip-flop' decorations from Hobby Lobby on top of old Novelty Cutlery liners.

Originally Posted by MW76

I scratch up the contacting sides with some 80 grit. Then i use this epoxy..

https://www.systemthree.com/products...epoxy-adhesive

I clamp the sides together with binder clips.

I love Systemthree stuff. I used their MirrorCoat over bamboo flooring to make myself a desktop. Once it leveled and set it is indestructible. It's a little on the high cost side, but works exactly like they say, IME.

Cleaned up a Waterville Cutlery Co. and a Taylor Eye Witness today. The blades both needed cleaning and a bit of polishing and the scales needed some tightening, cleaning and polishing as well. On the blades I tried using a bit of polish on a scrap of linen fire hose and it worked well. The Waterville has horn scales and the Taylor has some plasticoid scales that smell like new tires. The Waterville was a breeze to hone and the Taylor fought me but I eventually won.

Those are very nice, Tuzi!

Funny how we sometimes think a hollow should be easy and a wedge difficult.
It does not always seem to be that way. I think.

Well...!! Yet another Waterville, rises from the dead,all different design's. Two of the three shave great. Hmmmm...I wonder. [emoji56]

Nice work Tuzi! that's a sexy shoulderless Waterville!

Originally Posted by outback

Well...!! Yet another Waterville, rises from the dead,all different design's. Two of the three shave great. Hmmmm...I wonder. [emoji56]

I got a really great feeling from that one while honing it and from what it did to my arm hair. Just a nice feel, can't wait to shave with it.

Honed up a Alfred J Krank for a co-worker. Looks like the blade had been shortened at one point. Even shorter, it will make a decent shaver. Seemed to take an edge well. More narrow than most of the razors in my collection.

Ok got one done and one to go! At the pivot end she is about .114 thick and the wedge end about .147. Sanded up to 1200 and polished by hand, oddly enough I thought this stuff was going to be black but it is brown when light comes through or hits it just right. If I can now make its twin I will be very happy.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

I got a really great feeling from that one while honing it and from what it did to my arm hair. Just a nice feel, can't wait to shave with it.

Its one for the top shelf, for me.
Just something about vintage American steel, something of a combination of German & English steel. The keenness of German, with the smoothness of the English steel.