Thread: Survey: to keep going, or not?

Great job so far. It's hard to keep the edges still looking sharp when using 80 grit greaseless. Yours looks great. I would vote for a nice satin finish. I read somewhere on here that you take it up to a high final polish to get all of the obvious scratches out and then go to a 600 grit or emery compound for the satin look. I tried it on my rusted red deathe experiment and was pretty happy with it.

Well, I know its been a while, but I finally got it done! Here is it, with its new ebony scales I've been working on this week:

Beautiful job Joel,,,,,,

What a difference,,,,,,

Ready for the next 120 years of service. Very nice.

well done! it must have taken a good few hours worth of sanding

Absolutely beautiful! Great work!

Alright, finally for the goal - how did it shave:

Last night, again during the football game, I honed up this razor. I had to spend considerable time creating a bevel. Obviously being a very near wedge, and having removed a fair amount of material over the entirety of the blade during restoration there was no edge on it whatsoever. I started taped on my DMT coarse (250 grit) until I had uniform "pocket knife sharp" as Lynn would say. because of the significant material removal, I wanted to make as small of a bevel as possible so I used 4 layers, yes, four (4). I then moved up to my Norton 1k, 4k, and 8k. I couldn't believe how many re-tapes I had to do, and I'm thankful for Glen's reminder in a video I watched a while ago saying that tape is cheap. I finally moved up to my Naniwa 12k, then numerous (25) laps on cr0x pasted linen, then about 200 laps on my latest homemade strop. I then put it away for the night and went to bed.

Got up this morning, and was super excited to try this razor's first shave. I used Prorasso green, best badger brush, and my converted onion bowl scuttle. Lathered up, and started with my cheeks - with the grain BBS 1 pass. Moved onto my neck (currently growing a beard at the request of my wife) and went WTG and then re-lathered and ATG. BBS and no irritation. Used an alum block afterward and it didn't even feel like I had just shaved! Seriously smooth and NO irritation.

What a JOY! I've had a great time on this razor's particular journey and this morning's shave was just a wonderful way to culminate the process.

Congrats, Joel! A shave well deserved for all your work!

Congrats indeed! Nice save.

Sounds like a new favorite razor. Congrats and thanks for the update!