Thread: What are you working on?

Can't imagine this would work for pores, but your question brought this to mind and I thought it might be useful for other situations. The useful bit starts about 20 secs in:

I didn't get a good progression of pics on this one but it started as a fleabay buy with some moderate pitting. A John Primble, "I'm Sharp," faux frame back, 5/8



Knowing better, removing the blade for cleaning, I got impatient and pried the scale with a small screwdriver instead of drilling the pivot pin more and busted the scale...of course it was the embossed one. Here is where my lack of pics comes in. I didn't get the scale in 2 pieces. This is as good as I can do.
This is after I CA'd it together to hold it in place for repair.

The holes in the scales and the blade were so small it may not have mattered if I had but still.
So I tried the, cut a slot and use a metal rod and epoxy repair (don't know if that is where it originated but thanks to Joseph (JOB15) for the inspiration). Here I failed again since I didn't get pics of the slots before gluing. Here's what I got for pics though:



I thought this was an acceptable repair although not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. First try at this repair and I really wanted to save the embossed scale.

It’s good you were able to fix that scales. It’s looking like it’s time to put it back to work. Nice.

I have it honed and ready for tomorrow's shave. This is the first German razor I've owned made of India steel. Honestly I didn't know there was such a thing. I look forward to seeing how it performs.

Some Sheffields were marketed as India steel. It wouldn't surprise me that some German makers advertised the same way. The term refers to crucible steel which could have been made anywhere , England, India etc.

Paul, that’s an excellent repair. You can barely see the break in the last photo.

I’m impressed with how you and Joseph dealt with the situation and now I know what to do when (not if) it happens to me.

I'm impressed Paul, a man of many talents eh?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Some Sheffields were marketed as India steel. It wouldn't surprise me that some German makers advertised the same way. The term refers to crucible steel which could have been made anywhere , England, India etc.

I guess I should phrase that differently. "I didn't know there was such a thing" as a German made razor using the trade name/term India steel. I think the only ones I've ever seen marked that way were Sheffield made

So the regrind on the Wade and Butcher wedge is going better than I thought it might. But as Bob Ross would say, "This is your bravery test."
Before:



After:



So I'm not done yet but I did manage to get a pretty even test bevel.




Still have some work to do but so far I'm pleased that I didn't screw it up...yet.

Edit: BTW, that bevel does go all the way to the tip in that next to last pic. The light just doesn't let it show.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

So the regrind on the Wade and Butcher wedge is going better than I thought it might. But as Bob Ross would say, "This is your bravery test."
Before:



After:



So I'm not done yet but I did manage to get a pretty even test bevel.




Still have some work to do but so far I'm pleased that I didn't screw it up...yet.

Edit: BTW, that bevel does go all the way to the tip in that next to last pic. The light just doesn't let it show.

Outstanding work!