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07-31-2015, 03:16 AM #21Senior Member
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What point should I make?
Just got this Henckels 40 in the mail for a rescue.. Maybe it sounds like a bad idea to buy a broken blade, but it has minimal hone wear and once shortened and restored it will be a beauty! And I really like these short blades. Dont have any other Henckels, not yet anyway, so Im happy to start this as a side project because my Tornblom 7 day set is taking FOREVER!
I have 2 questions, err uhh maybe more of a poll...
1. What point do you think would look good with this? The original square? Or a French/Oblique? Those are what Im considering.
2. What scales? shorten the original or make new ones? The original are undamaged.“You must unlearn what you have learned.”
– Yoda
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07-31-2015, 03:27 AM #22Senior Member
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Square point.
Shorten the scales.
I do enjoy my shorties, so much easier to maneuver around the face.
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07-31-2015, 04:13 AM #23Senior Member
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Well, now that I consider it, I already have a French point shorty, and a "precision" shorty does seem in order. And shortening the existing scales would be WAY easier...
Originally Posted by outback
Any more votes?
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07-31-2015, 12:17 PM #24
Put the point on that will keep the most blade. You can use a magic marker and "black" out the area to see what it looks like first.
I would keep the scales and make new ones. Never know when you will get a good blade/bad scales razor in the future.
Ed
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07-31-2015, 04:22 PM #25Senior Member
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That's a good point too. I felt a little off about cutting down perfectly good scales. Originally Posted by Chevhead
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07-31-2015, 04:45 PM #26Fatty Boom Boom
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By way of Texas and a purposely lopsided trade:
A Shaving Machine!"Call me Ishmael"
CUTS LANE WOOL HAIR LIKE A Saus-AGE!
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07-31-2015, 08:07 PM #27Senior Member
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That's a beauty! That style of W&B are great shavers and smooth looking. The shape of the scales and the wood along with the collar go well.. Originally Posted by WW243
By way of Texas and a purposely lopsided trade:
A Shaving Machine!
But is that a rescued broken blade? It's certainly looks "whole"...sharptonn likes this.
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07-31-2015, 08:33 PM #28Razor Vulture
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That one began as a bigger heavy and had been reground quite thin. Naturally, the weakened lower half of the barber's notch was broken-off. I got the angle on the toe to somewhat match the angle on the stabilizer and smiled the edge to flow with it all. Originally Posted by MikeT
The scales are horn from a horribly worn obscure Sheffield. The bigs and littles were gifts from Babur as I bought a pile of collars from him. A mean shaver, put into proportion. I loved it. Glad Bill does too!
I had pics along the way, but were lost in the great computer crash of 2013!
Not much money was spent, just some work!
Here is a thread on the Ator as I did it. Had a lot of fun with it. I wound up awarding shorties to all the 'participants'!
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razors/109076-dang.html"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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08-01-2015, 01:05 AM #29Senior Member
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Well dang dude! You had me fooled! Lol it looked straight factory perfection, actually better. And I saw the grain and thought it was wood.. now I feel a little dummm Originally Posted by sharptonn
But not TOO dumb because to be fooled by one of your razors is an easy thing to happen I suspect..sharptonn likes this.
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08-01-2015, 02:00 AM #30Razor Vulture
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Just a case of going through a pile of broken and worn things and suddenly, it appeared!
Those scales are not so wide for a blade of that width, but the gunstock design worked nicely on it.
Some pitting and defects here and there. Just tried to keep it 'old'!
Certainly another like it won't be seen?
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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