Thread: What are you working on?

Straightening scales with the hair dryer method:



and soaking some others in neets foot oil:

I like all sorts of devices and ways of working.

I recently received 3 razors from a friend that he'd just purchased. Two of the three had cracked blades. I donated a similar blade for a minimum fee for the one and asked that I keep the other as I thought that I knew of someone who could use the scales as a donor and I would just pitch the cracked blade.

The two that were salvageable have landed at his residence. I'm waiting to hear how he likes the work.

That brings me to today when I thought 'What the F! Lets see if I can salvage this razor.

The end result is a 'Shorty' Griffon Magnetic that the shaving edge is about 2 and 5/16" long. While the '
Square Point' isn't perfectly 90 degs, for my first attempt I'm pleased with it.

I reused the wedge, friction washer and of course the Bakelite scales. After some very careful layout/drilling and then sanding I'm Very Pleased with how the razor looks. After sanding with 2K Wetndry I used Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish on the scales and then after a careful washing and drying I used 'Black Again' and after a bit of exposure to the sun and UV to set the product.

Here it is along with my Full Sized Griffon/This pics don't show how nice this all came out!

I hope all will enjoy;





I just hope the owner doesn't see this as It's supposed to be a surprise when he gets it next week.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

check Here,they have all that stuff and a catalog 2 in.thick.
Argentium Sterling Silver Round and Oval Disc Stamping by Rio Grande Jewelry Making Supplies

Have bought my eyelet washers, .999 silver wire and buckets loads of the brides crystals and currently building another list from RIO no problems
those silver disks look like great idea also.

Finished my post anvil today
Pics tomorrow when my phone syncs
Anvil is 100mm (4") 4140 quenched and tempered bar
Post is 4" schedule 40 steel pipe post
Base is 6mm (1/4") plate 600mm (2') diameter
wedges are from 3.2mm 316SS electrodes
Ground a 1" & 1/2" diameter flat & 1/4" on 1 curve with a sharp 90 degree curve also
Edit pics added

Top to bottom:

a tool steel hammer finish razor
another suminagashi predator
another suminagashi talon
an O2/L6 Damascus chopper.
The Damascus was custom made for me by Howard Clark

Come, now, Mr. Bruno, you have to give that Clark damascus blade a quick dip and a close up.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Top to bottom:

a tool steel hammer finish razor
another suminagashi predator
another suminagashi talon
an O2/L6 Damascus chopper.
The Damascus was custom made for me by Howard Clark

Hit a nice exotic wood store for some mottled Ebony and a few other chunks of joy.

Hoping to be able to cut the 7 scale sets for my non XLL kit out of these pieces, maybe a matching brush as well..
Cheers.

Originally Posted by JDM61

Come, now, Mr. Bruno, you have to give that Clark damascus blade a quick dip and a close up.

Nope. For 2 reasons.
1) it is still covered in firescale so it won't etch properly.
2) you don't dip Damascus (or suminagashi) without protecting the edge, or the edge steel will corrode. At this stage that would be easily fixed by grinding a bit from the edge, but it's one of the things that I don't like. Everything in due time

This one was forged yesterday and annealed last night.
It'll end up just shy of 10/8, and was forged to finish. It will retain the hammer finish surface. It is the first time I tried hammering out this design to finish. I think it went well. The only grinding will be the blade hollows and the point of course. This is SC145 steel, and will be differentially heat treated to feature a hamon.