Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by MikeT

Well I gotta hit the hay.
Goodnight gentlemen! May dreams of straight razors and hones dance in your heads tonight.. lol

The sand man.

Evening gents, a little lte network action by the lake tonight.
Had to post what I found today for $20 that will be restored when I get home.

Hopefully this one posts in the correct orientation..
And here's how the bevel is looking on my WB after a few nights work.

Grainy shot taken with my iPad, no flash. He'll I'm Ruffin it men,
😀

You lucky f er!, sweet find. [emoji6]

First Dorko I've held. Thin, beautiful blade. Great temper to er. Scales toast on the printed side and I'm not a round nose fan, but couldn't pass it up.
And regarding the WB, looks like the bevel gets wider just before the toe, but it's just optics, the toe is still smaller, but I'm working that now..slow moving as I removed so much metal. Grabbing nicely all along, expect the toe and heel..
Cheers.

I wouldn't have either for 20$, hell ya got another mr.
salesman

Originally Posted by MikeB52

First Dorko I've held. Thin, beautiful blade. Great temper to er. Scales toast on the printed side and I'm not a round nose fan, but couldn't pass it up.
And regarding the WB, looks like the bevel gets wider just before the toe, but it's just optics, the toe is still smaller, but I'm working that now..slow moving as I removed so much metal. Grabbing nicely all along, expect the toe and heel..
Cheers.

Hey - I found an old Dorko a couple of weeks ago, Val is just fixing it up and restoring it, and he's not normally a huge fan of the Solingen razors, nothing against them, they're just not his cup of tea so to speak, and he said he was very impressed with the Dorko, said it was some very sweet steel and Dorko is a huge name afterall, so I think looking at what nice shape that blade is in, you did very well to get a Dorko like that, let alone for that price...bet it turns out to be a real keeper - congrats!

Originally Posted by MikeT

LOL
Hehehe nice!
Well I hear ya. Not gonna die too soon I hope. I just work a whole lot and have my family needing constant attention, which is good and fine. But Id like to finish it before my cheaks sag any further and my hand isnt steady enough to wipe my behind! lol
Ive got a whole lot of patience, but I do get bored with one job so bounce around to different blades.. Just wait until you see the 7 day. The sanding shaping and more sanding and polishing of the scales has taken 50+ hours and Im not done yet.. just cant stop until its perfect.

You can get different grit sanding wheels that can be chucked up in a cordless/corded drill that will do a nice job of sanding as opposed to doing it by hand. They are composed of individual strips of sand paper. I start off at 60 and 80 grit then move to finer grits by hand on a short piece of PVC pipe.

Originally Posted by guitstik

You can get different grit sanding wheels that can be chucked up in a cordless/corded drill that will do a nice job of sanding as opposed to doing it by hand. They are composed of individual strips of sand paper. I start off at 60 and 80 grit then move to finer grits by hand on a short piece of PVC pipe.

I'd like to see pics of that!

Ok Tom ?
Cause thats as far as I'm going.
I can bend and twist it easily.
Will have better strength once i CA them.

Remember, you've never made any. And wood is not as tough as bone,ivory or horn.
The original thickness was 1/8 th inch.


Im done for the nite, got to get my gear ready for tomorrow nites tournament.
So off to the shower, and see how this new knot works.

Sweet, Outback!