"Broken Blade Rescue Mission" Thread!

[outback]

Did kinda the same thing with the Fredric's i put the scales on last monday

[MikeT]

Did kinda the same thing with the Fredric's i put the scales on last monday

If you get pulled over just tell the cop "oh I just cant be parted from it, isnt she a beauty? What should I name her?" He will just turn around and walk away... lol ... OR take you in!

[eddy79]

Sweet job mike.
Damn, i do like the shorties.
Yeah, the wedge is really cool too.
it does look marbled.

Have to ask, what does the neetsfoot oil do for the horn scales.

Mike

Neetsfoot really works well to revive old horn. Had a set that were flat black and flaking so left them soaking for 3 weeks. They are now mid brown to transparent and with a bit of sanding polished up amazingly. Sorry for the dodgy pisc. You can't see bit the lighter bits you can see the blade through the scales

[outback]

Makes good sense.
Have to soak a set myself.
Can this be done with the blade still attached, or must it be removed?

[MikeT]

Neetsfoot really works well to revive old horn. Had a set that were flat black and flaking so left them soaking for 3 weeks...

3 weeks?! Wow right on man. Good to know. I'm definitely going to try that! And those scales look great too. Never would have thought.. but the oil must bleed out the dye and permeate deep adding the transparency...
Thanks for the tip!

[eddy79]

Can't see oil hurting the blade. There was some browny bits to the scales before but they were bone dry. The oil didnt discolor at all still golden after 3 weeks so i think this is how they were meant to be just they had been neglected for a long time. All the flaking stopped. They looked mostly like this after a week but as I was still working on the blade didn't see a need to take them out of the oil.

[MikeT]

Perhaps that is how they are supposed to be. I wouldn't know, not enough experience with old horn. Anyway I like that look and think you made a good choice with the oil.
After working with this horn on my last one I'm really interested now in making some horn scales from scratch. Have only modified or restored old damaged ones.

[eddy79]

Those scales are probably from the early 1800s so they have had a long life already and probably little attention so that is likley why such a dramatic change. New or younger scales might not react the same

[MikeT]

Hello Gents,

Well Ive been taking breaks from my 7 day set to work on other easy projects in between, can only work so long on one project and then need a break. Oh please God let me have just a few hours of undisturbed work this weekend! Ill finish it soon, I think, but for now here is another blade that I had from a long time ago when an antique store owner asked me to buy the whole box of razors and stuff and this was thrown in to the mix. That was a great day!
This one was an ugly duckling and I doubt many would consider restoring it, but as you can see it is looking quite nice. Really got some good practice in on the hand sanding (been working on my blade sanding skills after seeing Wolfpacks amazing blade finish).

I have a question maybe you guys could help with: How do I fill the void inside the spine? After I cut off the broken tip there was is this space inside the spine and I can see it could become a rust hole... Thanks for the info
And thanks for looking!

[MikeT]

Maybe too much writing and only the pics were viewed..?
Maybe it's become a boring thread. IDK

One question: How do I fill the hole at the end of the spine left after cutting the broken tip off?

I'm thinking it could rust.

Thanks again for the replies