Thread: The Butchered Blade

Well , its apart.
Could only save one damn collar, the other two are stuck to the deformed pins.
People and their hammers, posed to be tap, tap, tap.
Not ,wack,wack, wack.
Have to look in the kitty for a match set.
Can't seperate the scales, has built in wedge, and their glued. So plan B. Clean out undersides of bolsters and reglue with CA.

Sand out blade and buff

Originally Posted by outback

Well , its apart.
Could only save one damn collar, the other two are stuck to the deformed pins.
People and their hammers, posed to be tap, tap, tap.
Not ,wack,wack, wack.
Have to look in the kitty for a match set.
Can't seperate the scales, has built in wedge, and their glued. So plan B. Clean out undersides of bolsters and reglue with CA.


Sand out blade and buff

Mike, I have encountered a glued wedge on scales & if you very carefully use a razor blade, you can get them apart w/o doing any damage. If someone repinned it, it is possible they might have used a drop of CA on the wedge. You can try but if it seems to not want to do anything, I suppose I would just work on it that way but it sure would be nice if you could get them apart.

Me too Steve.
But the scale without the wedge is quite thin.
Not gonna chance it.
The parting line runs up next to the left bolster.

[QUOTE=outback;1555195]Me too Steve.
But the scale without the wedge is quite thin.
Not gonna chance it.
The parting line runs up next to the left bolster.


I understand Mike. I hate it when they do that! Someone might have repinned it which it was a crappy job from what you said. Just a thought. That's what we're here for, to help each other out. Oh well!
We can only do so much sometimes.

I decided to give the greaseless compounds a try that Sharpton sent me.

Must say Tom.... Wild s!#? man. Does take alot of hand sanding out of the way. And in short order!!

Figure a few hours hand sanding, and she'll be ready for a buffin.

Thanks again Tom [emoji106]

Okay I got the SOTD up! Second shave with that blade, edge held up great, just needed to strop and it was wicked sharp! Tom has skills with the hones, no doubt about it.

I recently got a couple more klas tornbloms in the mail to add to the daily shavers, great little blades! Just a clean up and hone..
Still unable to work on blades with family in town so I'm just enjoying the posts. Thanks to my trusty Android I can stay tuned while dying of familiar boredom. Love family in small doses.. lol

what grits were you using outback?, and on what size wheel. Lookin good.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

what grits were you using outback?, and on what size wheel. Lookin good.

I was wondering the same thing but if it was just surface rust, I was thinking he used some 600 grit myself but I haven't messed with it that much yet. I have some that need a light cleaning & I already plan on trying some 600 grit first to see what it does. I really need to get some junk blades out & experiment some. There's a lot of info on it in that thread, " How Do I, What Do I..............." or however it goes. I have it saved.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

what grits were you using outback?, and on what size wheel. Lookin good.

The felt dremmel wheels 1/2-3/4".
We're some heavy pits along the spine, so I started with 180 to600.
Im going back by hand with 400 and will progress to 2500, then CR/OX with felt wheel, then the same with a wool type wheel, then Flitz with rag wheel.
Still a few pits , but will be small.
The worst are on top of the spine.

It basically like a sanding drum but flexible. Careful though , it removes metal quick, so don't stop moving or you'll grind a divot in the blade for sure.

When i first recieved them, I touched them and was like...
You got to be kidding, their hard on the outside, but soft inside. Have been quite hesitant about using it.
So i gave it a whirl on this blade because of the pits.
Glad i did. Took out about 6-8 hours worth of hand sanding in a little over an hour i think. Actually two hours by post time. But thats including set-up time and reglueing one of the wheels ( they dont like to get wet) the compound melted right off of it.
So yeah, just over an hour.