Thread: What are you working on?

I got some Evapo-Rust from Amazon to try out. I'd been waiting to do something with this Henry Sears 386 -- it's 7/8", in a style that reminds me of a lot of Sheffield wedges.





I scraped as much rust as I could with an old DE razor and put it in Evapo-Rust for 12 hours with an old French blade and an Improved Eagle Razor.





I'd say it came out pretty good! It's going to need polish etc. but I was impressed. There is a fancy etch on the blade I can barely make out. I doubt that'll survive.

The French blade is Chabrol a Paris, just so cute although nearly impossible to get out of its horn scales -- big thick steel pins, no collars, had to drill them end to end at 5/32" and collapse them.

Had too many things going on and now wont get back to the blade till next weekend. Bummer. Anyways, i had set bevel and got a great feel on the tnt. Then what throws me is ill go thru the progression up to 12k and the edge wont feel sharp until i go the the leather strop. The edge feels like it get three times as sharp after stropping.

I normally keep an eye on my bevel after setting with the microscope although its not quite as strong as it should be. It still shows the bevel stria well. I go till the stria is uniform across the length of the blade. Then move to the next stone. I use a little pressure up to 4k but when i get to 8k its very minumal pressure. And on 12k it as light as i can hone.

So, i'll get it. I thi k your right about the extra work needed for a restore and bevel set. I might work on that more. Like when i think its good, go some more just to be sure. I'll post up when i get a chance to get back to it. But the fact that it dont feel sharp until after the leather is throwing me off. Id think that the edge would feel sharp and after stropping on leather it should get smoother feeling. But what do i know.

It's all about the bevel Gasman, your progression seems right, your pushing the gas pedal but the truck is in neutral.

Lots of fine pitting under that rust.



I mean, after dear old Mr. Greaves, who remains in my rotation delivering excellent shaves, I'm not a-skeered of sissy little pitting like this, but, well, so much for that etch. Looked like it was kind of nice, oak leaves and old English characters.

The spine on this guy is symmetric but strangely shaped, thicker towards the tang. I don't think it's hone wear. Might be a bear to hone.

Originally Posted by jmabuse

Lots of fine pitting under that rust.



I mean, after dear old Mr. Greaves, who remains in my rotation delivering excellent shaves, I'm not a-skeered of sissy little pitting like this, but, well, so much for that etch. Looked like it was kind of nice, oak leaves and old English characters.

The spine on this guy is symmetric but strangely shaped, thicker towards the tang. I don't think it's hone wear. Might be a bear to hone.

It can be quite amazing what lies where no man has gone before/or at least in a very long time:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ered-horn.html

finally had a little free time today so i snuck into the garage and made some scales for a joseph smith & sons i recently acquired. striped horn has some nice character. maybe get a chance to hone it tomorrow. or grab something else from the to-do box. =]

Originally Posted by jmabuse

The spine on this guy is symmetric but strangely shaped, thicker towards the tang. I don't think it's hone wear. Might be a bear to hone.

Just checked with a calipers -- straight edges, but spine width is 5.56 mm towards the heel and 4.54 mm near the toe. Normally I would think this would indicate lots of hone wear at the toe. But as you can see, the toe's shape looks pretty normal, and the spine isn't actually flat there as it would be from lots of honing. Curious -- anyone else seen this sort of thing?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

It can be quite amazing what lies where no man has gone before/or at least in a very long time:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ered-horn.html

Wow, what a beauty that is! Very satisfying to see it brought back like that.

Originally Posted by jmabuse

Wow, what a beauty that is! Very satisfying to see it brought back like that.

Glad that you like Glen's work.

My point was that while things may look like it's going to be 'easy peasy' there are problems lurking down where we can't see.

Originally Posted by sloanwinters

finally had a little free time today so i snuck into the garage and made some scales for a joseph smith & sons i recently acquired. striped horn has some nice character. maybe get a chance to hone it tomorrow. or grab something else from the to-do box. =]

Looking good, now to the hard part/Honing.

Let us know how that goes and then how the shave goes.