Thread: Makes you hate Dremels

Still a lot better than the one I bought, seller took pics to hide the damage. At least it was cheap.

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I have never used e-bay. I have not had bad success with antiques places and shows. There I can actually view the product. I had a slight out and out with one dealer. The blade had numerous nicks. the handle appeared to be ivory, but looked too white and he wanted $60. I offered $25. He said it was an antique. I informed him of all the time it would take me to restore it to use and it just did not seem to connect. It has been a year and I have been back periodically to look if new blades have come in and his blade is still there a year later and the price is the same. That dog ain't getting off the shelf. I would be interested in how you plan to remove the disfigurement without distorting the edge alignment?
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Well here it is. Just some quick pictures on the back porch. The best part was the test shave this morning. Just a super nice shaving experience. I lost a little of the blade width because of the dremel digs in the bevel. Ended up nice and even though and about 1mm wide and something less than a 7/8. Took some bread knifing to clean it up and then started the bevel on a 325DMT. Call it 13/16 plus I guess. I like the thick tang to hang on to. Scales came out nice. Amazing for 100+ years old. Honed up on a 1K Chosera, 3K, 5K, 8K, 12K Naniwa and finished on a Suehiro 20K.

Another nice save. You guys continue to amaze me. The scales look new, too.

Wow, beautiful. It just amazes me what you guys can do with some of these razors. Great job!

Still a lot better than the one I bought, seller took pics to hide the damage. At least it was cheap.
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Ouch. Not much metal to work with on a hollow ground blade like that. I'm going to say it's scarred for life but looks like it will hone OK.
Good luck.
Karl

Originally Posted by karlej

Still a lot better than the one I bought, seller took pics to hide the damage. At least it was cheap.
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Ouch. Not much metal to work with on a hollow ground blade like that. I'm going to say it's scarred for life but looks like it will hone OK.
Good luck.
Karl

Figured it would be a good test subject to learn how to hone. Been reading and watching vids, but still trying to decide what hones to buy.

BTW, nice job on the restore!

Originally Posted by JAK

Figured it would be a good test subject to learn how to hone. Been reading and watching vids, but still trying to decide what hones to buy.

Lots of info in the honing forums. Chosera 1K is probably the best hone you can spend money on for setting a bevel. I lived a long time with the Norton 1K. The Norton 4K/8K combo stone won't break the bank and it was also one of my first hones. Naniwa 12K for a finisher is also money well spent but you don't need it to get a nice shaving razor. In fact if you are learning you should stop at the 8K until you can get a comfortable shave then see what the 12K will do. If you find the edge a little harsh try several strokes on chromium oxide on felt before stropping. Knowing what I now know I'd buy the Chosera 1K and Naniwa 5K, 8K, 12K as a starter set of hones. You can move to trying the natural stones once you have mastered the synthetics.