Well I got a bit bid happy. 58 sec to go and a dd at 19 bux! Woot!
Hmm, clearly states, "chip in blade". [emoji20] [emoji22]
Without a regrind, ya'll think it's salvagable?
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Well I got a bit bid happy. 58 sec to go and a dd at 19 bux! Woot!
Hmm, clearly states, "chip in blade". [emoji20] [emoji22]
Without a regrind, ya'll think it's salvagable?
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That's not the best photo, more from different angles might help. It doesn't look that bad, as long as there isn't a crack in the chip...
That will hone out no problem. You should have a bargain there.
That's the best pic from the ad showing the chip. I'm hoping that's the worst of it.
Looks like a possible crack to me.Attachment 222776
Crack! Eeeks, you're right. :-( You are right, it does look like a crack. Well, we'll see. It may be a 24 dollar (including shipping) lesson.
After a bit of panic. I'm leaning to stained not cracked. We'll see when it arrives.
For the hone, do you think I need to go as far as 600 wet dry? Thanks. Attachment 222779Attachment 222780
No don't go wet and dry. 1k is fine to fix that blade.
When starting out with this kind of thing, from bitter experience, never start at extremes. Always work your way back that way you won't do something you can't recover from.
Imo a good set of circles ooh the 1k would fix that. Don't be tempted to bread knife, just hone it out.
looking at the other pictures, I do not like the condition at all. Lots of tiny black spots that may be a sign of devils spit .
I would not buy that razor personally.
Hope it's just a chip. You may want to pm chevhead about DD resto's, he has made a few silk purses out of sows ears.
No need to get too excited until it's in hand. Not a big price so it could be a learning project. Odd, what you see, then don't. I was a bit trigger happy. Saw it right off. ;-)
Doesn't look that bad to me.
Hope it's just a chip.
Post pic when it arrives.
Press the blade on your thumbnail at area of incidence. This will confirm or deny crack past chip concern.
If no crack then fix with high angle of incidence hone, not quite a breadknife.
If you think its too much work, return and get out.
I cant call Devils spit from those images.
If anything its a good learning experience.
It seems to be done from what I can see. Hope I am wrong....
Hard to tell from pic but hopefully it's a stain. If it's a huge crack that wasn't disclosed in the eBay add you can get a refund. If it's just chipped you can hone it out on a 1k no problem. It looks to me like a chip and a stain. I like to work chips out with an extra layer of tape so I can use a bit more pressure without widening the bevel.
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!
Arrived. It's not cracked. A bit of discoloration where the blade meets the scales. No devil's spit either.
Here's some shabby cell pics after a bit of superficial cleaning.
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Dude that is so saveable. Dont doubt your self for a second.
1K stones slurry and High honing. Like scraping off the cutting board with the back of your Chefs knife. Same pressure as well. Straight back and forth movement.
You so have a great blade, make it shine.
Scratches are easy peasey. How many restores you have under your belt?
If none or a low number. Remove the chip, hone it up and get a little satisfaction and confidence.
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.
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.