Thread: What are you working on?

That grinding turned out really nice, that's impressive! It was exactly what that blade needed, too.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

That grinding turned out really nice, that's impressive! It was exactly what that blade needed, too.

I think so too. Shame I had to grind through the face etch, but a small loss to get the razor working properly again.

So have you begun to set the bevel again, Andrew?

Ha, I knew the wise would ask that question. Not yet Tom. I need to do the other side and then I'll see where I need to grind more.

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That is kind of where I try to go when I use greaseless. It does however go on a wheel that as far as I am concerned spins way too fast for my liking. With a buffer you can take off way too much way too fast. I tend to do most of me work with hand sanding, it does have some serious limitations though. The way that one side turned out Andrew, it looks like you will have a fully functioning razor, that is also a looker. The etch is unfortunate but if you have to choose between a usable blade and what you started with, I think you took the correct route.

Very nice work Rez! I have had good luck with the little garage sale SEARS and other sellers, slow speed, "Wet Wheel grinders." Takes a while because they are about a 220 or finer grit. Usually available at garage sales and hock shops! Ebay has them also.
~Richard

Originally Posted by RezDog

That is kind of where I try to go when I use greaseless. It does however go on a wheel that as far as I am concerned spins way too fast for my liking. With a buffer you can take off way too much way too fast. I tend to do most of me work with hand sanding, it does have some serious limitations though. The way that one side turned out Andrew, it looks like you will have a fully functioning razor, that is also a looker. The etch is unfortunate but if you have to choose between a usable blade and what you started with, I think you took the correct route.

This thing spins real slow, and I believe the grit is 220 like Richard said. I'm not sure if it's just because the wheel is getting old, but it seems very soft. Not sure how long it will actually last and I can't seem to find a replacement online.

If I had to guess without looking at the machine, I'd say it spins at one revolution per sec. I was also applying firm pressure initially but backed off once I got close to where I wanted it to be.

It's going to be nice having this at my disposal.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Well...... I tried something I've never tried before last night, and I think it went really, really well.

After spending a bit of time trying to get a bevel set on this H.G. Long & Co. razor, I realised that the damage that was done by the previous owner was too extreme to get past. Whoever owned this razor last, did some honing with the spine raised up. So while I was trying to set the bevel, I noticed that in order to bring the bevel down to the edge, I would have to remove a lot of steel and my bevel would end up being very, very large. This was using 4 layers of tape.

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You can see my DMT scratches and the old bevel below it.

So I decided to try my hand at a regrind. At work we have a sharpening machine that sits in the corner and collects dust, and I've always looked at it and thought, bet that would work really well for regrinding old wedges. Here it is.

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It has a 9" wheel, that's 2" wide and is water cooled. Perfect for wedge regrinding,but!!! Very, very slow! Which I think is good because then I can really watch what's going on and not let things get away on me too quickly. Here are my results.

Initial 15 mins.

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After a half hour.

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The final result. After about 2 hours and 2 oz. of Laphroiag Quarter Cask. Really happy with the results. Now to do the other side.

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Very nice work!
How is the cooling realized, I can't make it out in the pictures. Hopefully not with the Laphroiag!!

The Laphroaig keeps me keen, like a real good Coticule or Thuringian.

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Decided to clean up the shave mirror. Upon removing the mirror from its frame, I also removed the cardboard backer from the glass. On the backside of the cardboard, I found a name, date, and place, written by original owner, at least that's what I presume.

I knew I'd seen this before somewhere, so I started diggin around.... Ah ha..!!
It was on a razor box I have.

Inside the box was a bit of news paper, I found no date, but maybe one of our older gents, or baseball fans might recall.

So...how old is this mirror.?!! Who made it.?!!
We know it was at least bought in 1914. And the only marks or stamps make no sense to me.

Always cool finding hidden treasures, and investigating them.