Thread: The JR has me stumped.

Ok ill take some measurements on it as prescribed in that thread. Mine is not so worn so i see why i doesent need so much tape. The beginning of that thread is where i got the idea for 5 layers. After reading the rest of it i see i just need to measure it up to see how much tape it needs. I like hard numbers. Thanks again. I'm starting to feel a little more comfortable about working on this razor.

Depending on what brand tape you use will determine the layers also. Scotch brand 3M 77 electrical tape is .007 in. thick. The 3M 88 is .0085 thick. The tape you choose should have the measurement on the package.

Originally Posted by rhensley

Depending on what brand tape you use will determine the layers also. Scotch brand 3M 77 electrical tape is .007 in. thick. The 3M 88 is .0085 thick. The tape you choose should have the measurement on the package.

I have some cheapo roles, but i found one roll of 3M Tartan 1710. Data sheet reads 7 mils.

Thanks for that tip. I had no idea.

7 mils? like .276 in? Talk about your go to for serious hone wear!

I might as well use weather stripping..

No i believe they mean 7 thousands of an inch.

One thing that hasn't been mentioned is the JR shave, of the Sheffield razors I've tried Joseph Rodgers & Sons have been the very best so far. I'm trying to thin out my collection, I have more JR's than anything else but I like them so much I just can't seem to part with one.......

Finally took this thing apart. Saved all the washers no problem. They are very rusty so ill clean them up eventually with the steel wool. There are scale width pins directly in front of the actual holes for the wedge on both sides. I thought that was interesting. Coulda been fixed once before. Im filling some dings up with CA. Just gonna do some light wool on the scales after the glue, then soak em in neatsfoot oil. Blades getting hand sanded, maybe up from 400 or 800. At the rate I've been razorin ill have these done just in time for Thanksgiving.

I've seen the steel/iron pins used many times on the scales such as yours where the wedge is formed as part of the scales. Mostly I find it on the earlier razors. Say pre-1860's. On rare occasion I have found it with a lead wedge. I think it was used as a pre-assembly method before final pinning and was dropped as the manufacturers leaned out the processes. It's use is just a guess on my part. Maybe someone with more subject knowledge than me will chime in.

Not gonna sand this one after all. Crox and Maas did the trick..

Nice job cleaning the blade. Hone wear looks minimal so once you get it all back together a couple layers of tape should get you a very nice edge and that fantastic JR&Sons shave. Can't wait to see the finished product.