Thread: The Butchered Blade

Gee, Mike. To be too pretty to show it's face around here, that Dorko seems fit into all of your posts.

ON the slow approach, I dig the fast lane. Off the DMT, I have taken to slurrying my old Norton 1k (as per Bruno's advise) for a while till moving to a kinder, gentler Naniwa on re-edged ones. Now THAT goes fast!

Admittedly, my current project has been slowed by other things and giving the scales a day between coats of Tru-oil.
Going to be worth it, though. Will get it done next week.

I have not yet dug through the pile for my next victim, however. Still behind on honing some.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Steve, thanks to you, it's one of the nicest/most significant five razors I own.
The inlay and the etching work like they were meant to be together. The black works with the matt finish of the etch. And the shave,, well it's up there in my top 5 for a reason.
Thanks man.
It being featured SOTD is a nice testimonial to it's looks as well. If I have only 1 DORKO in my kit, I'm happy with it being this one. Can't imagine being able to turn the 444 into a finer blade.

Regarding the DMT I have a well worn 600-1200 I use for damaged edges and initial bevels, sometimes. Still prefer the slow approach on the 1000k king or norton myself for most blades.

B52, you're most welcome anytime. I love helping others out. I get a great feeling from it.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Steve, thanks to you, it's one of the nicest/most significant five razors I own.
The inlay and the etching work like they were meant to be together. The black works with the matt finish of the etch. And the shave,, well it's up there in my top 5 for a reason.
Thanks man.
It being featured SOTD is a nice testimonial to it's looks as well. If I have only 1 DORKO in my kit, I'm happy with it being this one. Can't imagine being able to turn the 444 into a finer blade.

Regarding the DMT I have a well worn 600-1200 I use for damaged edges and initial bevels, sometimes. Still prefer the slow approach on the 1000k king or norton myself for most blades.

B52, you're most welcome anytime. I love helping others out. I get a great feeling from it. Not only that, you saw the before & after pics. I sanded & polished them the first time & saw a faint line still & I wasn't happy with it so I taped up the badge & sanded it again through the progressions & polished it up & it looked better so in the mail it went to Canada & I was so surprised it got there so fast. I shipped First Class mail. My Dorko blade needs work but it was a new blank w/o an edge even.

When not plugging my Dorko I've been busy cleaning up the WB some Tom, hehe.

Funny thing I noticed on this old set of scales is they seemed to mill the wedge out of each half of horn when milling them.
Scales have been epoxied and blade cleaned down to all but the deepest pits. All the grinder damage along the edge is gone.
Cheers.

Thank you Mike, Thank you, Steve. Nooooo. Thank YOU! Ok! I looove being kind and thanked. Oh My! Thanks! YOU are TOO Kind!
HAR!

So that blade is looking good, Mike! I have 2 W&B's with same inlay. I will see if they have those 'wedgeless' scales as well. Jamie has one which is gorgeous.
An interesting example of attaching the inlay. MikeT should like to see that. Some big old peens under there? Looks like some epoxy work here and there will make them look great!
YOU should be done by tomorrow?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Thank you Mike, Thank you, Steve. Nooooo. Thank YOU! Ok! I looove being kind and thanked. Oh My! Thanks! YOU are TOO Kind!
HAR!

So that blade is looking good, Mike! I have 2 W&B's with same inlay. I will see if they have those 'wedgeless' scales as well. Jamie has one which is gorgeous.
An interesting example of attaching the inlay. MikeT should like to see that. Some big old peens under there? Looks like some epoxy work here and there will make them look great!
YOU should be done by tomorrow?

Yeah I know.
I've been told my kindness is taken for weakness at times & I'm a patient man but when someone keeps pushing me just to get the satisfaction of it, a part of me comes out that I don't wish to let out but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do or people will then walk all over ya! Glad you got a good laugh out of it, that's the good ole Tom.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Thank you Mike, Thank you, Steve. Nooooo. Thank YOU! Ok! I looove being kind and thanked. Oh My! Thanks! YOU are TOO Kind!
HAR!
YOU should be done by tomorrow?

Umm, yes. Did I mention, I'm Canadian.. We trip over our courtesy up here. Keeps us warm in those long winters.
Did get a lil thick though. Point taken you grumpy Texan..

That's some emoticon, hehe

I added that under shot showing the inlay and how it was peened in as it looked pretty ugly, but effective. I filled the inside with the epoxy as I don't want moisture hanging in those nooks and crannies. Will sand it all smooth and apply sharpie and neetsfoot tonight once it's kicked over.
Neat way of doing wedges. I pulled out the magnifier to see if it split when I opened it up, but think nope, they made it with half the wedge on either scale.
That magnifier comes in handy for detail work for my old eyes. Going to try to clean up the remaining inlay swirls and creases with a small chisel, try to increase their definition a little bit.

Wow he told you Tom!
Well at least you didn't say there's nothing in Texas except steers & queers which is a very untrue statement. Besides that I know you wouldn't say a thing like that B52. I've heard it from some immature people before who weren't true Texan's.

I just dug out an old W&B that I will restore one day. It has inlays on it & it also has the lead wedge instead of those wedge less scales I really don't like that much unless someone proves to me differently. I learn something everyday.







This one doesn't have a broken blade though but since our OP showed us one, I figured I'd show one also.

Talking wedgeless scales...
I took my Tower Brand razor apart today.
The scales are horn, and
"WERE" bent and twisted.

Sorry i lost my before pics.

But after reading up on how to restraighten i tried something outback style.

I put the scales (unpinned) on one of my pieces of Corian, sprayed with water from spray bottle, and put a heat lamp directly above them about 5" away.
Wasn't long before they started to curl up!!
Removed the lamp and put the other piece of corian on top, then put 18 pounds of track anvils on top of the corian.

In less than one hour i had straight scales!!!
Repairs have been done to the scale on the left, also sanded and await more neats foot. They soaked for over a week, but want to reoil them after cooking them.