Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by MikeT

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

I have a feeling MikeT is getting into it!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I have a feeling MikeT is getting into it!

Yeah.................he can sand the scratches out of it & maybe get rid of what little stabilizer is showing. Almost like a ghost stabilizer!

Originally Posted by engine46

Yeah.................h can sand the scratches out of it & maybe get rid of what little stabilizer is showing. Almost like a ghost stabilizer!

"Ghost Stabilizer" A powerful tale of a straight razor and its journey through the ages. Written by Engine46
LMAO

Originally Posted by MikeT

"Ghost Stabilizer" A powerful tale of a straight razor and its journey through the ages. Written by Engine46
LMAO

Yeah. Sold 2 copies! Steve would do well to fix up one of those blades he pictured.....

So give up some pics of how the anchor is coming, MikeT.

Any scale progress, Outback?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah. Sold 2 copies! Steve would do well to fix up one of those blades he pictured.....

So give up some pics of how the anchor is coming, MikeT.

Any scale progress, Outback?

Thanks Tom............I was actually thinking of one of the Clark & Hall blades. Too bad the scales were trashed. I don't have any straight vintage horn scales or some curved ones I could make a set of straight ones from but I'll come up with something. I have a box of blades but those are my oldest & favorite ones. I also have some blades I had a guy regrind for me last year but I think I previously mentioned I haven't heard from him the last few months. I got a funny feeing hs's in jail or something.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah. Sold 2 copies! Steve would do well to fix up one of those blades he pictured.....[emoji14]opcorn:

So give up some pics of how the anchor is coming, MikeT.

Any scale progress, Outback?

Yep. I got them cut, but still need sanded and evened out.
Got a little side tracked tonight,
doing a little scavenger hunt on the railroad tracks.
3 mile hike, heres the results.
But i did find one I could carry back. 20" long.
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Now to find someone to cut it into 4" pieces.
I know someone who might like a piece. [emoji6]

Here's where im at with the scales
And the type of wood is , purple hart

Aaand, I've decided to replace my crappy boar brush knot, with a badger knot.
Don't know what size or anything, but for $11.00 (found at amish hardware store) who cares.
So I bought two.
Removed the boar knot, cleaned the handle, checked fit, will glue in tomorrow, need a shower and shave something fierce.

Originally Posted by engine46

Thanks Tom............I was actually thinking of one of the Clark & Hall blades. Too bad the scales were trashed. I don't have any straight vintage horn scales or some curved ones I could make a set of straight ones from but I'll come up with something. I have a box of blades but those are my oldest & favorite ones. I also have some blades I had a guy regrind for me last year but I think I previously mentioned I haven't heard from him the last few months. I got a funny feeing hs's in jail or something.

Don't you have that honey horn? Maybe I remember wrong. I've got some nice scale materials.. always willing to help. Clark & Halls are great blades. Wish I still had mine. Will be great to see you do something with those!

I couldn't do anything today, a bit upset about that. Tomorrow is my big project day. I'll see what I can do.
Unless unruly obligations hinder my efforts..

Oh man Mike! You've been busy. Dang dude!
I'm eyeballing that rail... Hehehe

[QUOTE=outback;1535156]Yep. I got them cut, but still need sanded and evened out.
Got a little side tracked tonight,
doing a little scavenger hunt on the railroad tracks.
3 mile hike, heres the results.
But i did find one I could carry back. 20" long.
[ATTACH]210202[/A
TTACH]
Now to find someone to cut it into 4" pieces.
I know someone who might like a piece. [emoji6]

Here's where im at with the scales
And the type of wood is , purple hart

Aaand, I've decided to replace my crappy boar brush knot, with a badger knot.
Don't know what size or anything, but for $11.00 (found at amish hardware store) who cares.
So I bought two.
Removed the boar knot, cleaned the handle, checked fit, will glue in tomorrow, need a shower and shave something fierce.

Mike, you could cut that into 3 sections & sell them.

Nice, Outback! I expect to see those thinned-out and beveled properly upon the 'morrow! (or soon!)
Get it on, my man!
Dragging a 20 footer must have been a pain!