Hate it when

After cleaning the grime from a ebay Greaves . Attachment 183282Attachment 183283

If that's on the toe, maybe shorten it & scale to the new size,,,:shrug:

I thought about that Hirlau. Removing the damage would make it about a 2 3/8 blade. Would that make it a appropriate length for a shorty ?










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Know what you are feeling. Had that happen twice myself and it did not feel good.

Bob

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Originally Posted by Wirm

After cleaning the grime from a ebay Greaves.

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Yup, been there, done that. I have a little box holding three or four such. When I get the heart to do it, maybe I'll turn them into shorties, but really, the main reason I keep them is magical thinking. Every now and then, I open the box and look inside, cherishing a small superstitious hope that the crack won't be there. Needless to say, it always is.

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Originally Posted by Wirm

I thought about that Hirlau. Removing the damage would make it about a 2 3/8 blade. Would that make it a appropriate length for a shorty ?

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I don't have a shorty Wirm,,,, maybe someone with a shorty or who has made one will chime in.

2 3/8 cutting edge is perfect shorty length! It will make a nice one.

I had a very nice W&B almost 8/8 that I sent to Mycarver when he started cleaning it up he noticed a crack in the middle of the blade. We were both very sad. He actually seemed more upset than I did. You can tell he has a love for these razors.

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Originally Posted by Travispitt

I had a very nice W&B almost 8/8 that I sent to Mycarver when he started cleaning it up he noticed a crack in the middle of the blade. We were both very sad. He actually seemed more upset than I did. You can tell he has a love for these razors.

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Sob! :( I would venture to say the current crop of razor nuts are finding and creating more cracks today since the beginning of razors! ;)

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Sob! :( I would venture to say the current crop of razor nuts are finding and creating more cracks today since the beginning of razors! ;)

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I'm not too sure about that as I'm sure razors that cracked in the past were scrapped long ago. Scrap drives furring wars and all.

What a shame.
As some of the others have said though, if shortened it will still be very usable.
Might look nice with a square point, and then you wouldn't loose much length, just a thought
Grant

Sorry to see
Had a similar blade this week, a bengall that revealed a cracked in the middle of the toe after 2 days of soaking in evaporust luckily only about 2 minutes of cleaning with the scotchbrite then noticed it so it is now about 1/8" shorter so looks like I can used the old scales with the broken pivot after all.

Not as nice a blade as yours to find a crack in, so will have to watch and see what comes of it