Thread: The Butchered Blade

Great work on the re-construction.

Behind a tump of chortle,
In front of a tall crepe myrtle,
Lies the secret weapon of shaving,
The snurdle lads, the SNURDLE!

A few weeks ago I blued a W&B full hollow and it cracked. If you recall.
I have 4 of these full hollows in bad condition.

Today I moved onto number 2. Sanded it, 80 grit Dremel, warm vinegar, Blued it, oiled it.

Sitting here about 2 hours since the bluing watching UFC (Illegally downloaded shh) and i keep hearing a ping noise, like metal touching metal.
Checked out my resting blade and its cracked , split. Whilst typing this it has pinged two more times .

Its as if the metal is giving up..

If you can zoom in on the last picture you'll see a huge crack.

I never heat anything when blueing. I'd say its your #1 culprit. (Expansion and contraction) with possible weak spots.
Man...! I feel for ya brother. [emoji17]

Originally Posted by JOB15

Finished this blade a week or so ago and had a nice shave with it . However the wedge which had come apart was too heavy , even though the blade is quite heavy , the balance was off.
Also people had advised me to start rounding my scales.

So I de constructed it. Did away with the brass lining, went with nickel pins this time and rounded the scales.
Whilst doing this work I taped the edge . So I decided to give the edge a couple of mins on the Nakayama to clear any tape residue. (The stone is fast)

Yesterday I had a shave with it and I must say it was the best shave I've ever had.
The extra touch on the Jnat and the fact that its Sheffield steel near wedge made for the smoothest edge . A weeks worth of growth gone. ATG fools pass one handed a sheer delight

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Ahh.... Much better. [emoji106]

Originally Posted by WW243

Behind a tump of chortle,
In front of a tall crepe myrtle,
Lies the secret weapon of shaving,
The snurdle lads, the SNURDLE!

You been on the limrick thread too long Bill.[emoji38]
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Originally Posted by outback

I never heat anything when blueing. I'd say its your #1 culprit. (Expansion and contraction) with possible weak spots.
Man...! I feel for ya brother. [emoji17]

I'm not sure. Maybe its the bluing process because the water I shave with is 10 x hotter than that luke warm vinegar.

Joseph, excellent job well done. I love the streaked scales. What a magnificent job & nice shape to the them................they're different!

Originally Posted by engine46

Joseph, excellent job well done. I love the streaked scales. What a magnificent job & nice shape to the them................they're different!

Cheers , that's my patented scales shape. Don't even think about copying it

No problem Joseph! I won't steal your patented gizzy scale design.