Thread: Restoring dubl duck special number one razor, few questions.

I have finished most of the sanding I am going to do until I tear down the razor and make new scales for it so I was going to go ahead and put a bevel on it while the old scales are still on.
There was rust near the bevel area when I got the razor so I had to trim a good bit of metal so I sort of used it as a saw on a 220 grit to flatten the frown it had. after that I used a D8C stone I use for flattening with tape on the spine to start working on the bevel and while one side has a even bevel the other side has a large bevel in the middle and the sides it doesn't really show. I looked at the spine and it has no wear, unlike the other side where the bevel and spine wear was even. Can I put tape on the razors edge and use the D8C to flatten the spine? and if so Anything special I should do while flattening it.

tldr: can I flatten the spine using a D8C while tape preserves edge. Or how should I go about flattening it. Just want it to be flat enough where I can get a good bevel across the whole blade.

will add pics in a sec if you want to see razor but the picture quality is not great.
the side that does have even spine wear doesnt have bevel showing in middle, although that area was where I had to remove some rust so I figured I would just have to hone some more metal off until a bevel formed there.

Also would Lowes have the nickel/brass pin and or washers I need for new scales? I have everything else. If I need to buy online what place would you suggest.

No expert, but it sounds like the spine/blade has a warp/twist so you would need to use rolling X strokes to hone it.

Bob

If you look in the old barber honing reference material you will never find instructions on flattening the spine but a lot of info on strokes to deal with wonky razors.

What both of them said.

Some h/w stores have that stuff and others not. Micro fasteners has washers and hobby r/c shops have rod and jewellers supply shops have wire the right gauge for pins. While shopping at microfasteners be sure to get nuts and bolts for mock up, you will be happy you did. Test fitting always saves time.