Thread: My Heart Just Broke

Just as a little background, I was restoring my great grandfathers razor that my grandma gave me when my grandpa died. (http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...questions.html)

I had the final coat of polyurethane on the scales and was putting the final polish on the blade when this happened:





Its a tough pill to swallow, ruining my great granddad's razor, but I cant do anything about it now. Time to start browsing eBay and the classified for blades.

I am going to keep it and put it in its old, damaged scales to have as a memory and a keepsake at least.

Hope you all are having better afternoons!

I can't bring myself to hit the like button on this.

Michael

That is hard to look at. Sorry to see that.

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

I can't bring myself to hit the like button on this.

Michael

Originally Posted by HaiKarate

That is hard to look at. Sorry to see that.

Thanks guys, but it was my mistake. I think I let the blade get a little too warm and put a little to much pressure on the buffing wheel. A lesson learned for my next restoration though.

You could always make it a "shorty".

Sorry bro.
It is a tough loss.

Originally Posted by rvrboy17

Just as a little background, I was restoring my great grandfathers razor that my grandma gave me when my grandpa died. (http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...questions.html)

I had the final coat of polyurethane on the scales and was putting the final polish on the blade when this happened:



Its a tough pill to swallow, ruining my great granddad's razor, but I cant do anything about it now. Time to start browsing eBay and the classified for blades.

I am going to keep it and put it in its old, damaged scales to have as a memory and a keepsake at least.

Hope you all are having better afternoons!

My deepest sympathy! I am actually sick at my stomach just looking at the damage!!

I'm working on a project about the same kind of AWCRAP! Send me an email and I'll show you what's going on!

Hang In There!

my deepest sympathy.

Originally Posted by JSmith1983

You could always make it a "shorty".

That would give me a cutting blade of 1.75" I haven't seen any under 2". Would that be shaveable at that size?

Or was that a joke and I just missed it?

Originally Posted by rvrboy17

That would give me a cutting blade of 1.75" I haven't seen any under 2". Would that be shaveable at that size?

Or was that a joke and I just missed it?

It would be a very short one, but I don't see why you couldn't shave with it. I'd be unusual, but you could give it a try.

I really like the original scales. Can't see the condition so well from the picture, but using them with another blade is an option.

You already mentioned putting the both back together as a keepsake. This one is a heartbreaker. Maybe you should find another project and come back to it later if you choose.