Thread: Salvageable?

Chip is gone. Begun hone. There was some slop in the pivot so I ground the head if the pin off and tried to ease the scale off. It was bent, broke the scale. Grrrrr! There must be a better way with a higher success rate.
Never restored beyond a lapping film hone and a bit of polish. In the process of rescaleing a W&B. Those pins came out fine. Grrr

Originally Posted by Clayglen

Chip is gone. Begun hone. There was some slop in the pivot so I ground the head if the pin off and tried to ease the scale off. It was bent, broke the scale. Grrrrr! There must be a better way with a higher success rate.
Never restored beyond a lapping film hone and a bit of polish. In the process of rescaleing a W&B. Those pins came out fine. Grrr

Ask first. Go slow.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ng-scales.html
Soak the whole thing inWD40 overnight. And then tap tap wiggle wiggle tap... You get the idea. pin could have been bent. Its held together for 50 years.
The more you take apart the better you get. I broke ungodly amounts of scales until a mentor found me and saved my arse .
Go to a meet. face time cuts way down on the learning curve.

Originally Posted by Magpie

Just my own way of doing things, but I never use a lot of pressure when honing out a chip. And I also don't pressure the steel to see if a crack may present itself. That's a great way to cause a small crack to run, or to cause one where none existed before.
Having created more problems than pressure has solved, I now err on the side of caution.
Good luck with it!

Originally Posted by robellison01

Agree 100%.

I don't. I see no problem using more pressure in the early stages of chip removal. It gets the job done faster and it poses no risk to the edge as I have not come close to forming the edge yet. As the bevel gets closer to completion I reduce the pressure accordingly.

The only time I distort the steel on a full hollow with my nail is at flea markets and antique stores as its my best means of checking the edge before purchase. Once I have them home I check them out under my microscope.

Well I'm back at work again, nearly 7000 miles form my razors. I'm looking to buy some scales. Any idea of a dimension for blanks? I found some, that are 1 inch wide, 1/8 thick by 6inch long. These are square blanks. Is that too narrow?

Found wiki's. Thanks.