Thanks MikeT. I've had those for awhile now. I love my old straights!
It wouldn't be that much work Tom if you think about it. You could fill in the pinhole & even straighten the tail some! You just gave me an idea............:idea:
I saw your pic before I read it & it made me think about the W&B blade that has the crack in the heel. I will probably need some of that heat paste like Charlie Lewis shows on his video I blogged. I sold my welder so I could get my welding/straight razor buddy fill in the hole. I have some junk blades laying around so I could find a bad W&B blade & cut the tang off & use it to extend the other & make a kami-butcher out of it! I also won a John Barber the other day but the blade might be too far gone but then again, it may not be. I got it for $9.99 but I also have an old W Greaves coffin with it which is different from the ones I have plus good vintage scales. Both the toe & heel are broken on the blade but there might be enough of it left to make a kami-Barber from.:tu
With me it depends on how bad of shape a blade is in but I have a box of wet or dry sandpaper, 240, 280, 320, 360, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 & 3000 grit. It's like one of my peening hammers I have which came from Harbor freight. I sanded the ball part with 320 on a disc using my Dremel, then the rest by hand going up to 3000. The 320 took out small scratches & then I polished it on my buffer after that. It looks like a shiny ball bearing now. I want to cut part of the other side off so it is a tad lighter. I have a german made peening hammer too which just needs touching up but other than that, it is a good little tapper.
Harbor Freight small hand size ball peen hammer
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After 320 grit
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After 1000 grit I believe........
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Polished with black, then to white rouge
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