Thread: The Butchered Blade

I think you WERE trying to be funny, outback!

Cause THAT was funny!

Har! I found it!!! After I read outbacks last post, I thought, what the hell & I looked in my backpack again. Low & behold I found it. It was my eye loupe I had taken with me also to my brother's house & I took it out of my backpack & found it awhile ago. Then UPS showed. Then I heard my computer make that sound it does when I get an email & I saw outbacks post & decided to look in my backpack again.
Yippee!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I have been on an organizing jag of late. T

If you like burning stuff, take an old dry set of rotten celluloid and set it afire! Like burning a Christmas tree! Stand upwind!

The scales at night, burn smokey and bright,( clap clap)
Deep in the heart of Texassss.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

The scales at night, burn smokey and bright,( clap clap)
Deep in the heart of Texassss.

Wow, a poet & did or didn't know it. Rhyme every time!!!

Damn! His feet are Longfellows!
Gonna throw some old Case scales in next firepit! Should be AWSOME at night....from upwind!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

The scales at night, burn smokey and bright,( clap clap)
Deep in the heart of Texassss.

Yeeeee hawww
Thats good stuff right there son.
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Hey Guys,
Can I get a bit of advise please.

Doing up a W&B for my bro. It was in a real state and theres no chance of getting rid of the pitting, the blade is too thin.

I'm just rushing this one to get it out of the way and to prove that looks don't make a nice shaver.

I just came up with the idea of bluing it, to take your eye off the pitting.

How do I use this stuff or how long do I let it sit and how many coats?

Cheers untold. Joseph....

I had done a few razors up where I put a light satin finish on the blade by using directional stroke with 1K wet dry and WD-40, I then degreased and treated the blade with bluing and then lightened the effect with a little household bleach. It give a look similar to old patina. If you check out this thread, that is how I got the Finnish on that razor.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...d-johnson.html
If you are interested I can get a little more specific about the process. It is al information I got from other guys on the forum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj-Qqde-3gA

A vid of a guy doing his first knife with the full kit available.

When I use it I wear gloves, keep finger oils off the blade. All the following after all blade restoration work complete.
Wash blade well, wipe with, or dunk in acetone, wipe again, dunk in white vinegar, wipe again,
Warm up blade in toaster oven, or other means to a warm state. Apply cold blue where wanted with qtip. Repeat coating, sand with steel wool 00, wash well when satisfied with depth of oxidation. Oil protect blade.
Some leave the blueing agent on overnight, Mike and Tom have some bluing time in and will probably chime in soon enough.
Remember to tape the spine if you are doing the entire blade or the blue will hone off along the spine during the honing process.
Good luck, and post pics please..

Indeed, some use vinegar and lemon juice to induce patina as well.
I stuck an old blade into a jar of vinegar once and it put a hard-blue on it.

Good thing about the super-blue is you can go in increments until you like the look.