Thread: What are you working on?

I had or have a Christiansen and it is an amazing razor. You can’t go wrong with getting that one back to work.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I had or have a Christiansen and it is an amazing razor. You can’t go wrong with getting that one back to work.

I don't know what it is, I just have a feeling about this one. It has a look to me similar to the Henckels, something like my Dad's 401

Definitely give the Tru-Oil a try. Its remarkable at bringing wood to life. Nothing else can compare to it.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

You can but aluminum does not wear well...

That would seem to be a fatal flaw for a wear washer!

However, the other side of the coin seems to be that contact with aluminium won't damage the razor, so while not ideal it won't actually be destructive.

Many thanks!

When you join aluminium and steel together, the aluminium will be preferentially corroded. Surprising, isn’t it, since we think of aluminum as being more corrosion-resistant than steel? In fact, aluminum is more resistant to general corrosion than steel. What I am describing here is a preferential corrosion that occurs locally at an aluminum/steel joint.
So in the long run the aluminium will corrode before the steel, where the two make contact.
You may just get some black staining at the pivot over time.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Before you decide you are done with the packwood try setting the bevel. If the bevel is all cattiwompus you will know there is a little sanding left to do. It looks great now. I’ve gotten a few old wedges to where I was sure they were perfect and then backed up after the hones.

Oh yeah, definitely not done sanding yet.

With all this sanding I could have actually done a regrind.



Still not done yet but getting there.

There are ways of using tape to try and get around the heavy wear on the spine.

Bob

The first set of pictures there is actually with three layers of tape. I could only get it to contact about a quarter inch, maybe half an inch of the blade on each side. The geometry of it was really wonky but I've got it pretty close now. A little bit more sanding and some layers of tape and I think I should be able to get a decent bevel out of it. Thanks Bob

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

The first set of pictures there is actually with three layers of tape. I could only get it to contact about a quarter inch, maybe half an inch of the blade on each side. The geometry of it was really wonky but I've got it pretty close now. A little bit more sanding and some layers of tape and I think I should be able to get a decent bevel out of it. Thanks Bob

Not exactly what I meant by corrective taping. There are some good threads on that type of work on here somewhere.

Bob