Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by MikeT

Mike, I just couldnt sell to a friend. You need a blade just ask, it is an honor to help friends. And on the bay I hate many tedious sales.. Im just selling a bunch at once. PM me if there is a special blade you guys are looking for, Ill pull it out if I have it in the lot. Rather give it to a friend than to the scavengers on ebay who want everything cheap cheap cheap.. Each blade in a lot goes for like 10 bucks, so its more rewarding to simply give it to a friend..

Ya got a round point"ARTIST"
Or square point.
Im thinking, after seeing a few kami's style razors here (folders)
To maybye do it to the artist that broke last weekend.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Thanks! I went back and forth in my head on what material to use. I'm really happy with the horn. There's just one little spot where they are delaminated down by the wedge. Anyone know a trick to seal that sucker up?

CA and strategic application of pressure has been proven to work on delaminated horn.
I think back around page 52 there are some comments,
I just used some to seal up a crack that ran from the pin to the edge on an old horn set, worked out well as the ca just wicked into the crack and the toothpick held the pressure for the moments required to set.
Mike, you are a gent.. All the guys on this forum seem to be. Comes with the territory maybe, respect your razor, respect your mates.

I'll be posting those pics tomorrow for the butchered blade donation.
Don't have an artist but I'll look again.
Now if I had a microtome those are great for kami-conversions... I'll look and see if there is a good one for that.

The John Bingham back together.
I sanded it quite a bit and hit it hard with steel wool to get some of the deep black stain out.
I left quite a bit of the pitting behind, I was mostly trying to kill the active rust.
Cleaned it with nail polish remover and wrap it in a paper towel, then soaked the paper towel with Jax patina black.
It hung out for about an hour and then I lightened it a little with some 2K and WD-40.
Oddly enough it looks pretty close to as found. Except without the active rust.

I have an old Frederick Reynolds regrind with a cracked toe. It has been on the job board for some time.


So I amputated the effected toe.
Gave her a quick buff and a new set of clothes.



It would have been nice if I had not mixed up my pieces of horn.
The more streaked piece wound up on the back.
I think it worked out pretty good.

Originally Posted by MikeT

Mike, I just couldnt sell to a friend. You need a blade just ask, it is an honor to help friends. And on the bay I hate many tedious sales.. Im just selling a bunch at once. PM me if there is a special blade you guys are looking for, Ill pull it out if I have it in the lot. Rather give it to a friend than to the scavengers on ebay who want everything cheap cheap cheap.. Each blade in a lot goes for like 10 bucks, so its more rewarding to simply give it to a friend..

You got that right MikeT. I've had a buyer asking to lower a price, lowballing the hell outta me & I replied to him rather in a nice way & blocked that buyer from any future purchases from me. I don't take kindly to low ballers!

Originally Posted by RezDog

The John Bingham back together.
I sanded it quite a bit and hit it hard with steel wool to get some of the deep black stain out.
I left quite a bit of the pitting behind, I was mostly trying to kill the active rust.
Cleaned it with nail polish remover and wrap it in a paper towel, then soaked the paper towel with Jax patina black.
It hung out for about an hour and then I lightened it a little with some 2K and WD-40.
Oddly enough it looks pretty close to as found. Except without the active rust.

Shaun, that came out great!!! It still looks like it has the age to it. I love it!

Originally Posted by engine46

Shaun, that came out great!!! It still looks like it has the age to it. I love it!

My wife said that ridiculous, you fixed it up and then made it look all shitty and old again!
I can forgive her that, she is quite nice.

Originally Posted by RezDog

My wife said that ridiculous, you fixed it up and then made it look all shitty and old again!
I can forgive her that, she is quite nice.

Yeah Shaun, she just don't understand restored & fully restored, two different ways to go here but you did it like I would have & try to keep the vintage tradition going. I have really nice old Fredericks that was part of an old estate & it would be very beautiful fully restored but I just can't bring myself to do that. I prefer to keep it the way it is & just hone it plus shave with it. Other than that I think it should stay in it's original aged condition.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...0s-estate.html

Like I said, it would be a beauty but since it is from an old homestead, I prefer to keep 'er as she is.

Dang, Rez! You have been quite busy!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Dang, Rez! You have been quite busy!

I am on my days off and not wanting to start anything off of the honey do list, new furnace will be here next week and then I am going somewhere warm for a couple of weeks. Not Texas this winter but maybe in the future, I'll let you know when to put the kettle on.