Thread: The Butchered Blade

I'd leave it the way it is, makes it a unique, one of a kind.
It may have been made that way, or dropped, by the maker.

Just something to think about.

Where's the challenge in that mike?

Lol..
Besides, it's too bent upwards to be comfortable in shaving position they way it is so I have to straighten it some.
Previous owner must have had skinnier fingers than I.

It may be soft enough to bend back. I found one that was bent over to the side, and you couldn't open the blade. I unpinned it and squeezed it in a vise, straightened out a treat

Without applying any heat?
Hmmm. Might give it a go mike thx..
Taking it to work tomorrow as that's where my welders are all located and many big vices.

B52, I have a W&B like that somewhere's. The tail is similar is what I meant & it didn't look like it was bent either. Some razor makers tempered the whole blade & some tempered the main part because I had one that was bent & it wasn't a W&B. I gave it a little love tap & it straightened out but I had a very old W&B blade & it was bent at the tang so I took it out to the garage & did the same thing but different results. I heard a "ping" & that blade broke. I still have it somewhere's & will have to do like Phrank did on his W&B. Another idea is that when it got bent, it might have put a hairline crack in it because it broke too easily.

See how the tail looked in its scales prior to disassembly. Just a touch to much hook at the tail.

Won't need much.

I feel like I have a W&B with a tail like this too.... hhhmmm. I'll go have a look.

Yep, I'd have to say its bent right where the heavy corrosion is. Just a wee bit like.
I'd still leave it be.
If I were to do it, it'd be my luck that it would split down the center of the length of the blade. Har..!!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I feel like I have a W&B with a tail like this too.... hhhmmm. I'll go have a look.

Originally Posted by outback

Yep, I'd have to say its bent right where the heavy corrosion is. Just a wee bit like.
I'd still leave it be.
If I were to do it, it'd be my luck that it would split down the center of the length of the blade. Har..!!

+1 to outback. Now that I see it much closer, it has indeed been bent right where Mike said.

Ya here's the one. Pic is horrible but you can see how the tail looks. Like yours Mike, my pinky doesn't fit well in the tail because of it. Maybe mine was dropped at some point too??