Let me know how they look in a few weeks after you pin those scales. All but one of mine, have cracks in the finish now.
Liked using it. It was simple, and fast, with a great looking shine. But quit using it, since seeing the cracks.
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Let me know how they look in a few weeks after you pin those scales. All but one of mine, have cracks in the finish now.
Liked using it. It was simple, and fast, with a great looking shine. But quit using it, since seeing the cracks.
Will do sir.
Can I have one of your big razors?[emoji12]Quote:
Originally Posted by TrilliumLT
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Looks like Andrew has been afflicted with the same illness that MikeB52 and I have come down with! :p
Nope not going to share.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrchick
Har! I just gave my yard a shave. It finally stopped raining for now so I got 'er done for a couple days. More rain on the way! :rant:
Getting ready to make another brush for another customer in Teak this time! Also finishing up a set of buffalo horn scales for a re-stored razor I had sent to Bob Keyes to restore.
Thanks for rubbing it in[emoji12] Nice razors!Quote:
Originally Posted by TrilliumLT
Finishing Sundays venture.
A 5/8 Wade & Butcher's,
Blank for concaving.
It was pretty rough. Lots of rust . started at it minimally, then to wet/dry paper. After reaching 400 in paper I said hell with this, and reached for the dremmel , and the 600 greaseless. Removed quite a bit of the pitting, but a lot remains. Then smoothed, and gave the blade a somewhat satin appearance, with a scotchbrite wheel.
The tang was done with 600 wet/dry, and steel wool.
Polished with Never Dull & Cr/Ox.
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Now I get to find out how much I'm going to lose, on the hones.
Good thing to save, outback!
Some razor history there.
Imagine how many got 'concaved' and have another name on them.
You might (or I can!) see that the tang was left thick and a bit rough for the purpose.
Pretty cool! :D
Yeah I thought that was kinda neat. It was a nice surprise to see once I got it cleaned up enough to read.
I would say that whoever did the 'concaving' did a top-notch job and little wear thereafter.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
I predict it will shave a treat! :)
As did the frameback, this morning.[emoji2]
Reckon that thing was justly-named? :roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by outback
Those turned out nice MG Mike. The blank for concaving is one I don't have.............................yet.
Very nice save Outback Mike. Those 5/8 smilers are gems!!
I remember fondly when I thought the floor was the hard part of this job. Lol.
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Project keeps going however. Hope to get back to razors soon,,,,
As others have said, beauty job MG! :tu
Keep cranking out the hits.
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Originally Posted by engine46
Thanks guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY
I took a hell of a risk using the greaseless, the blade is sooo thin as it was. But I had to do something with it, the hone wear is minimal to say the least. Its a bummer... But I know I'm gonna lose some some steel from the blade,
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But I hope it's closer to 5/8 than 9/16.[emoji20]
Outback, your Wade and Butcher is identical to mine. I LOVE the shaves it gives me.
3 1/2 hrs. to get it honed up last night, and only lost 1/32 of an inch off the blade. Started with 2 layers of tape and 1000 chosera. Finished on Escher with feathering strokes, and 80 passes on the 3" Bridal.
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Tearing apart a JR Torrey.
Plenty of rust to go around, and the usual light tang stamp by Torrey.
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Honestly I have no idea why anyone makes such faint tang stamps. 50 years later there is probably very few marks that survived, which means a large percentage of unmarked straights are probably from known makers with weak stamps. If I put my heart into making a quality product I would want that known for as long as possible.
I see your point but can think of many other reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog
The best one is that they probably didn't expect to live 50 years.
https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy/
Tore down.
Rust cut off with SE razor blade.
Rubbed with 000 steel wool and Goo Gone.
I'm quite impressed at this point, and very happy with the spine wear.
The pitting looks bad, but they are very small, and not very deep. A little emery on a wheel should remove a bit more of it, but I'm not going crazy with it. Just wanna clean it up a bit more.
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All done with the blade, and gave the scales a scrubbing.
I'll give um a polish after pinning it back together .
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Weak stamping may have also been caused by a die at the end of its life. Similar to the vinyl record world, the first stamped record has the least amount of wear on the die, has the least amount of transfer loss and highly coveted as a collector's item. Not so much that they didn't care, but they were probably just cutting costs. Another possibility is that the guy stamping it was half-heartedly stamping, but I lean more towards the worn option.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog
Weak tang stamps are one thing but what's worse is when someone who thinks they are restoring a straight razor buffs & polishes the crap out of it & rounds the edges on the letters or numbers & also any pitting in the blade looks abnormal from the excessive polishing. I hate it when I see these & the people who think they are restorers are ruining them! Some almost completely remove the tang stamps. I had some blades reground quite a while back & the ones with weak stamps I had him touch them very lightly if any at all.
I've had two Torreys and both had light tang stamps. One was the same model Outback is working on. I wonder if it's a just a trait of Torrey razors.
You may have something there. I have some Torrey's that have a light tang stamp............Quote:
Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings
Most do..!!
I had to deal with this bad boy...I do not remember ever seeing such twisted razor. I drew a line to highlight the edge with respect to the rest of the blade. I'll put a small post on how I was able to get around that in the Butchered blade thread.
Got one that's bent and twisted...
Real fun to hone, but a top notch shaver.
Been working on making a new workbench in my garage. Excited to get to work on my back-log of razors!
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Can't wait..!!!
Thought of our Canadian brothers today! Had to resort to the 'Home Depot' today to get what I needed for my 'never ending' laundry room project.
Spun around to the exit and saw a Specs Liquor right there!
Knowing I had a 50 clam gift certificate in my wallet, I wheeled in and grabbed a bigun of my current favorite Canadian Whiskey.
10 bucks left.....Hmmmm.....What's this? Ponied-up some more dough for the difference and got me a bottle of shore-nuff Texas/Canadian whiskey! :D
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Likely will be working on this over the weekend! :)
Tom, Have you tried Balcones Texas Single Malt?
Been hand sanding the Wadsworth when i have time. Got it, and the bone scales ready for pinning..
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Some pitting remains, especially around the stamp to preserve it... Had to grind the tail down as it was covered in rust and severely pitted.
Phew.. 3 more razors lined up that i want to sand down by hand. Lotta work!
Schnot yet! (hic! :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings
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Looks grand! :tu Keep the buffer off the tang stamps and sand the tail about 1/4 inch away from the pivot hole.
Leave what you cannot see around there to keep original geometry.
Whatya gonna pin that up with? Pinholes look a bit oversized?
Those scales look like ivory.Quote:
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