Thread: The Butchered Blade

..............damit
Forgot the pic

Originally Posted by outback

..............damit
Forgot the pic

You are just flying through the projects!

outback:

Forgot the pic..............damit

Good goin' Mike! I love it!!!

I had drilled the holes 1/16 and will enlarge them gently with a round file. Found some stiff bronze spacers and remembered I had a few of Babur's larger sized collars (bottom ones). They will get me closer to matching the bottom peens. Will have some slight 'bigs n littles' going on. I don't usually use the pins that come with them as they are too hard, but in this case I will have to in absence of the right size silver rod. Will have to anneal the ends. The blade has about 2 1/2 inch cutting edge, so a shorty but not extreme.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I had drilled the holes 1/16 and will enlarge them gently with a round file. Found some stiff bronze spacers and remembered I had a few of Babur's larger sized collars (bottom ones). They will get me closer to matching the bottom peens. Will have some slight 'bigs n littles' going on. I don't usually use the pins that come with them as they are too hard, but in this case I will have to in absence of the right size silver rod. Will have to anneal the ends. The blade has about 2 1/2 inch cutting edge, so a shorty but not extreme.

Go for Sharpton, I've got faithin ya to make the right decision.

Stopped at oversizing the pin-holes at the size of the 1/16 collars and temporarily slipped some in to use with my 1/16 microfasteners for a test-fit. Some judicious sanding on the inside of the front scale kept it from pushing the blade back.
Closes center now. Anyone messing with razors needs one of these little sanders from StewMac.
Gotta quit for now!

Thats it Tom, right down the middle.!!
Thats gonna look great when done.
Got my fingers crossed for you, that nothing bad happens.
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Originally Posted by outback

Thats it Tom, right down the middle.!!
Thats gonna look great when done.
Got my fingers crossed for you, that nothing bad happens.
[emoji85] [emoji86] [emoji87]

Hush up, outback! Yer gonna jinx me!

Doing all the insurance I can! Waiting on a few parts, so I installed my aluminum pop-rivet bushing.
On this one, I did a variation. As I got the bushing done, I peened an aluminum rod into the center. This gives me a solid aluminum plug. since the blade was close to the bottom of the scales with them having little curvature, I wanted to raise the tang. Also, I took a bit more off the tip than I intended, so I wanted to shove it forward for a tighter fit to the wedge.

By drilling the hole at about 4 O'clock relative to the front side, I am able to accomplish both.
On that little mandrel is an example of what I intend to do. The collar will go through the scales and bottom on the spacer leaving a tiny gap at the top. As I peen, the crush created will lightly set the collar on the scales about the time I finish up.
(I hope!)

Now i like that idea!
Will the majority of the peening take place on other scale?

Originally Posted by outback

Now i like that idea!
Will the majority of the peening take place on other scale?

Might be Mike. Just leave Tom be so you don't jinx him & let's see if his work is successful. No disrespect meant buddy.
I have been dealing with some other issues the last few days & then last night I reached down to pick up a printer & I felt my back go so now I'm in even worse back pain. It is always something.................