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    Just when I was about to open myself a well deserved cold beer I managed to ruin a razor restore job. I have sanded that blade to near mirror shining perfection and got the scales ready for assembly, when I accidentally dropped the razor on my bench.....

    (insert vulgar language and some biblical terms)

    This is what happend:


    And this is what it was gonna look like.


    I was so proud on my work and the this happend! Well let's regroup and see what I've learned from this project.

    1. Pear-tree wood, makes beautiful scales.
    2. The shape of the scales was perfect.
    3. The wedge was to small and to thin, next time make it bigger and wider so I can sand it down aligned with the scales.
    4. The razor had some deep pitting right on the spot where it snapped, maybe it had become weak anyway.
    5. Never ever drop a razor again....
    6. EVER!
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    The good news is that you can still save it and just make it shorter. Still sucks, but at least you'll have a fully finished razor that you restored yourself. It would have been much worse if you'd broken a pieac from the heel.
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    Cut it down, shorten the scales at the pivot end(if I were doing it) and have yourself a nice fully functioning but slightly shorter razor. Now you have an excuse to get rid of the round point anyway.
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    Bummer! A Herder too! We all have done it. You probably won't ever do it again!
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    I rest my case.

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    That's a crap shoot. It's only happened once years ago. I know the feeling. Good thing you didn't try to catch it cause that's looking for trouble and something we would normally instinctively try to do.
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    I'm gonna open that beer anyway now!

    Thanks for the tip rbaker2778, think I'm gonna cut it down. At least that makes me feel I haven't done all the work for nothing.
    Sharptonn, yes a Herder... I believe it is a pretty old one, it came with the original wooden case which I already restored.

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    sorry to see, that sucks especially when it happens at the pointy end of the project.

    the bright side is now you can learn to shorten up a blade, just remember low speed = low heat

    & you can even shorten up the scales a bit & finish the wedge cleaner how you wanted

    I know it's not lemonade but hopefully a bit sweeter than a total loss
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    Yep... just shorten it and all is good!

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    For what it's worth, it looked like you were doing a realy fine job on the restauration, and like said befor short razors can work wonderfully as well

    Quote Originally Posted by Maximilian View Post
    That's a crap shoot. It's only happened once years ago. I know the feeling. Good thing you didn't try to catch it cause that's looking for trouble and something we would normally instinctively try to do.
    When I let things fall down I usually try to "catch" it with my foot, it still falls on the floor after but it makes for a softer landing, this instinct has safed numberour glases and such.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bram View Post

    When I let things fall down I usually try to "catch" it with my foot, it still falls on the floor after but it makes for a softer landing, this instinct has safed numberour glases and such.
    I usually do too but not a sharp object especially a razor. If you're wearing sandals or flip flops you'll be limping like a chimpanzee to the emergency room. .

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