Thread: The Butchered Blade

Take your time, Mike. We want you to! Theme of this thread is to do what is necessary and banter in between!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

This thread has taken a dark turn tonight..
The scales turned out pretty well. Just working on the blade some more.
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Not going for mirror shine or anything, but I do want to smooth out the grain a little more.
So won't be done tonight.

WOW !!!
Thats gonna be sharp..!!!
Literally!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Ohhhtay. Really just pushing the pins over in the holes while getting it tight.

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Thanks so much for these posts Tom! Pinning is something I really need to work on, Im not bad but Im not good. Sometimes it goes great other times I feel like I really suck at pinning.
Like tonight. I pinned that little shorty, everything was lined up with the mock up. But then when I finished I was totally not centered! Damn! Ugh!
Anyway thanks for these, Im watching, gonna keep on trying.

You guys have been busy tonight! Im on page 128 and theres 3 more to go

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Where the hell IS MikeT? (giggle)

Here I am you old goat!

Liberace! It IS gonna haunt me! LMAO

Ive been sick in bed. Ill be better tomorrow I think.

Oh man! I missed it all... lol Well, Im gonna have to get some work done tomorrow and then get on here earlier so I can take the wise cracks with dignity!

Tom that blade came out great, but they always do.. its those scales that really look amazing! You switching to TruOil?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

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Great work!

Originally Posted by MikeT

Here I am you old goat!

Liberace! It IS gonna haunt me! LMAO

Ive been sick in bed. Ill be better tomorrow I think.

Hope you get to feeling better, MikeT !!!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Hope you get to feeling better, MikeT !!!!

Thank you, I'm trying to get better, but I'm still gonna put a little work in today.
..... .... ... so... the scales are looking amazing! ... you switching or was the tru-oil a PITA?
I was looking at the blade, I just don't put enough time in or something, I really need to work on blade finishes.. yours always look spot on.
I think it's time for a detailed blade finish tutorial... with perhaps more than one kind of finish... :-"

Originally Posted by MikeT

Thank you, I'm trying to get better, but I'm still gonna put a little work in today.
..... .... ... so... the scales are looking amazing! ... you switching or was the tru-oil a PITA?
I was looking at the blade, I just don't put enough time in or something, I really need to work on blade finishes.. yours always look spot on.
I think it's time for a detailed blade finish tutorial... with perhaps more than one kind of finish... :-"

The truoil was not such a pain, really. These scales were repaired, pieced-together. It certainly hid a lot of sins. For nice horn scales, The Neetsfoot is best, I think. Very little done to the blade. Just rubbed a bit with CroOx on crocus, some WD40, up and down. Some buffer, but not much. This blade was reground lightly long ago and had visible grinding striations, So I just went with that. Still some pitting where the blade contacted the scales, but so what?
Nice blades start with nice blades. I have a lot of rough ones and no belt grinder to learn on. Perhaps some day?
I do better doing less to them, it seems. If I sand too much, grind too much, polish too much, I always liked them better before I messed with them. Besides, the imperfections come with age. Like plastic surgery. Always a trade-off. JMO

Mike. Here is a closeup of the inlays on these 2 razors;