Thread: The Butchered Blade

Before I start the sanding, will you guys give me an idea about what to do with the stabilizer (Or lack there of)...
It looks as though at one point this blade had a stabilizer. And at some point it was ground down to a shoulderless.
Perhaps they had blanks stocked up and shoulderless grinds became popular and so they reground it...?
Well as you can see in the picture its got a bit of a stabilizer showing. Do you think it was reground? Was this very subtle stabilizer how it was made?
Should I smooth it out so it is seamless? Or should i accent it more? Try to keep it the same as far as being a very subtle stabilizer?
Thanks for the ideas, A lot of questions but fewer answers are needed, I just wanted to try to explain..

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Build some razzers, boys! I will be done with my honing to come back and see some talk...Yet no razors!
Let's GO!

Sorry Tom.
Wiped out yesterday, and it's cooled down some up here.
Made me sleepy.
Then this morning a dog tried to get my cat while he was sitting in the basement window, he shredded my screen. So i had to fix that and replace the cartridge in my bathroom faucet (shave den),
it was leaking when i got home from work.
Then had to hone a little ding out of the razor i had picked out for tonites shave, wich will have to wait till tomorrow evening.
So maybe i can get these scales cut out and started.
For now, it's midnight, and I'm goin nite nite.
See y'all tmarra


Mike

Originally Posted by MikeT

Before I start the sanding, will you guys give me an idea about what to do with the stabilizer (Or lack there of)...
It looks as though at one point this blade had a stabilizer. And at some point it was ground down to a shoulderless.
Perhaps they had blanks stocked up and shoulderless grinds became popular and so they reground it...?
Well as you can see in the picture its got a bit of a stabilizer showing. Do you think it was reground? Was this very subtle stabilizer how it was made?
Should I smooth it out so it is seamless? Or should i accent it more? Try to keep it the same as far as being a very subtle stabilizer?
Thanks for the ideas, A lot of questions but fewer answers are needed, I just wanted to try to explain..

Mike T, it doesn't appear to have much of one. You could try sanding it out since it is barely there starting with a course sandpaper then work your way up to finer grit as you go. You could also just leave it but it doesn't look like much of one yet it would still be some work removing it completely. It already looks like the scales have bug bites in them so it will need to be unpinned which will make it easier to sand the blade. Here's a good link to check out if you haven't seen it yet:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

If you need any help, just ask but are far as the blade go & buy a variety pack of wet-or-dry sandpaper & start with the coarsest sandpaper first & work to a finer grit.

Here's another link which is actually in the first link above.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...26_Restoration

Thanks for the opinion on whether to leave it or not. I figured take it out but wasnt really sure. It would be a fair amount of work to do so, is it worth it? Will it make much difference as far as aesthetics goes? I dunno. Probly not.
I definitely have the hand sanding process down, have come a long way with that in a short time. About ten restores now, half of them were in bad condition. For a while I was trying to use the table mounted buffer with greaseless compound, did fine, but not to the level of perfection I was looking for. Lately Ive been going back to the basics (hand sanding) to relearn the "subtleties" and to achieve that perfection Im looking for.. its going great. But it takes forever. But for perfection thats okay. Mirror finish, no ripples.
Also been honing my skills with a dremmel. Ive overlooked their value in the past and some posts by various members have opened my eyes to that over the last couple months.
Thanks, I will definitely ask questions, actually sometimes I dont shut up hehehe
Good night gentlemen
MikeT

Originally Posted by MikeT

Thanks for the opinion on whether to leave it or not. I figured take it out but wasnt really sure. It would be a fair amount of work to do so, is it worth it? Will it make much difference as far as aesthetics goes? I dunno. Probly not.
I definitely have the hand sanding process down, have come a long way with that in a short time. About ten restores now, half of them were in bad condition. For a while I was trying to use the table mounted buffer with greaseless compound, did fine, but not to the level of perfection I was looking for. Lately Ive been going back to the basics (hand sanding) to relearn the "subtleties" and to achieve that perfection Im looking for.. its going great. But it takes forever. But for perfection thats okay. Mirror finish, no ripples.
Also been honing my skills with a dremmel. Ive overlooked their value in the past and some posts by various members have opened my eyes to that over the last couple months.
Thanks, I will definitely ask questions, actually sometimes I dont shut up hehehe
Good night gentlemen
MikeT

It's all good. Aesthetically it really wouldn't make any difference, it just depends how much work you are willing to put into it. Definitely need some scales though, we both know that for sure.

Originally Posted by engine46

It's all good. Aesthetically it really wouldn't make any difference, it just depends how much work you are willing to put into it. Definitely need some scales though, we both know that for sure.

Oh yeah!
Did you see the original post? had a few more pics and a pic of the wood that Ill be using..
Bog oak
Check page 19 post 184
Okay now I really gotta go to bed hehehe

Edit: Just went back and looked. sorry I forgot you already saw it, you replied to that post.. lol im tired .. not thinking straight.
Yeah those scales are bad, could fix but im just too excited about the bog oak..

Originally Posted by MikeT

Oh yeah!
Did you see the original post? had a few more pics and a pic of the wood that Ill be using..
Bog oak
Check page 19 post 184
Okay now I really gotta go to bed hehehe

Edit: Just went back and looked. sorry I forgot you already saw it, you replied to that post.. lol im tired .. not thinking straight.
Yeah those scales are bad, could fix but im just too excited about the bog oak..

Oh yeah, I did see that. My mind is going 500 mph & I forgot about that...................
Time to lay it down.

I don't see any stabilizer down there. Clean it up first and post pics?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I don't see any stabilizer down there. Clean it up first and post pics?

That's pretty much what I said. You can barely see one so he can either sand it out or leave it..............clean the blade up, make scales & go from there!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I don't see any stabilizer down there. Clean it up first and post pics?

Oh its there, look closer, the remnants of a stabilizer.
But that tells me that it its insignificant enough to leave it or remove it.
I wonder if it once had one, and was reground to suit the market. Anyway doesn't matter I guess. Just curious.
Started in with 80 grit. Coming along fine. It will be a beauty I'm sure.
There are what look like 80 grit (or so) scratches going length wise, it happened a long time ago because since then a patina has developed.
If only blades could talk! Oh the stories they would tell.. This blade might say:
"You know, Jack the Ripper was a very gentle man.. he never mistreated me.. But the mild mannered barber, now he put these ugly 80 grit scratches up and down my side's!" Hehehe