Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by outback

All was going well , looking like I'll have to live with some pitting, then came that ugly sound......"CLICK"!!

Damit to hell....!!! I screamed.
Causing the nieghbors dogs to start barking.

Guess I'm in the right thread though. [emoji5]
At least the chip and pit are gone.
Just not as planned.
Hmm... ? What to do. "BIG" smile,
fat toe. Oh the horror..[emoji23] [emoji23] Attachment 214228

Yeah Mike, at least the chip & pit are gone but that's not the way to do it.......................
That sucks!!!
Well, even though under the weather, I refuse to let it make me weaker so I have had a day with Gloria & she's a really fun gal!

Here's with the scales laying on top of the blade with the pivot holes very close.


This is the scales still together with carpet tape , off the belt sander but have not touched sandpaper yet.


Here
s a comparison of the original crappy looking scales that were on it. Already sanded to 800 grit.


Brass edge

Gloria's gonna be a real looker Steve.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Gloria's gonna be a real looker Steve.

Yep she should as long as she goes with the flow..................thanks B52.

She's a looker already,Steve.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Ouch man! That sux large.

I new better, should of could of, took out part of stabilizer and shaped the heel, before sanding.
Then i wouldn't have sanded it so thin in the first place.

Lesson learned. [emoji22]

Dammit........

Originally Posted by outback

All was going well , looking like I'll have to live with some pitting, then came that ugly sound......"CLICK"!!

Damit to hell....!!! I screamed.
Causing the nieghbors dogs to start barking.

Guess I'm in the right thread though. [emoji5]
At least the chip and pit are gone.
Just not as planned.
Hmm... ? What to do. "BIG" smile,
fat toe. Oh the horror..[emoji23] [emoji23] Attachment 214228

There should be an "unlike" button.

Hard luck Outback.

Agree about the buttons. I think there should be at least 3: Like---Meh---Blows

Made my first wedge this weekend.

I passed a fishing tackle shop, so I dove in there and purchased some lead weights.

The main thing is that I learnt a lot so next time I will do much better.

First mistake was not gluing the wedge pre pinning, therefore there were gaps rite at the end. I did the old tapping trick to fill in the gaps which in turn left me with more of a spacer than a wedge.

I need to buy some callipers so I can find the proper measurements. This one was just a poor guess which meant that the blade does not sit down as far as I wanted.

I'm about to put an edge on it and there is a lot of hone ware on the spine so I'm curious to see how the honing goes.

Originally Posted by JOB15

Made my first wedge this weekend.

I passed a fishing tackle shop, so I dove in there and purchased some lead weights.

The main thing is that I learnt a lot so next time I will do much better.

First mistake was not gluing the wedge pre pinning, therefore there were gaps rite at the end. I did the

Hey that looks great! Gotta give you props for making one from scratch, I've never done that, but I'll bet there are some challenges to doing it right.
Do you have little practice pins that you can do a mock-up first? I get those hex head nuts & bolts and always put then together a couple few times first just to see how it fits. Had a wedge that I made a while back that was too skinny, instead of making a new one, I cut out some brass sheeting and put a piece on both sides of wedge then sanded it flush. It was now thicker and the blade sat deeper, problem solved and it looked cool too. This was much easier with the bolts, otherwise i would have said "Auh screw it" and left as it was..
That is looking really good, I would leave it as is too, no need to change it. A beauty! I imagine she will shave great!

Job, your wedge looks quite nice. The thickness next to the blade is quite adequate, IMO. IF you had it tapering to really thin at the end, it would 'bow' the scales and allow the blade to sit much lower. In this regard, some wedges which are thinner, will actually make MORE room in the scales than thicker ones because they have more taper to them.

You could realize this by removing the wedge, hammer the end of it thinner (which would make it spread out), sanding it tapered, reinstall it, file around it till almost there, tap it in at that point, and sand flush. Don't worry about a lead wedge being too 'perfect' as making it. Just get the taper right and make it oversized. The beauty of the lead is it can be cosmetically tuned after being pinned tightly at the bottom with the scales splayed, pinned at the top. filing, tapping in, sanding come in as the razor is finished.
Having the top splayed is key to pinning the bottom. I use a half-clothespin shoved down in between with scotch tape around the scales or microfasteners at the top with spacers in between to spread the top while pinning the bottom.

Another point to consider is when using a tapered wedge, SOME flexibility in the scales is necessary. That is why thin scales are/were used by production makers. Scales of wood will not allow for the slight bending necessary, esp as too thick.