Thread: W&B with snakewood

Model: Pipe

Unconventional, but nice. Good work.

Viktor

now I know who beat me out of that razor by .50 cents http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4702&rd=1&rd=1.

Nice restoration like the interesting scales.

Sorry Damon

But I think, the Razor is now not worser than before. Maybe I will sell it some times. Before this i must hone it. I´m very curious how it will shave. The steel is the hartest I ever see. It was nearly impossible to polish the blade. I needed a lot of time for it.

Might be a little tricky to hone to, if you do some more work to it post the photos.
It looks nice.

I'm kind of an unconventional guy and I think it turned out really fantastic!

Time for the first report. Yesterday I honed the razor and today I had my first shave.
What could I say? The honing was not difficult, in the truth very easy. I needed only one attempt, to get the razor to an ultimat sharpness. Waterstone 1000 and 6000, Thüringer, leather strab with Chromoxid green and leather.
In the past I had some W&B that where more tricky to hone...

The shave was very well and soft. This razor is one of my best.

Originally Posted by Damon

now I know who beat me out of that razor by .50 cents http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4702&rd=1&rd=1.

Well, his ebay name is beat-er - what do you expect

Originally Posted by Buddel

Sorry Damon

The steel is the hartest I ever see. It was nearly impossible to polish the blade. I needed a lot of time for it.

Hard steel on a W&B - first time I hear this

The smooth edge and relative ease to hone that you reported later are something that W&B razors (and other Sheffields, in general) are known for

Cheers
Ivo

Very cool and unique...

If you can make it happen, then why not! This is just making me have ideas for mine now.. hehe

You are right, i dont made a rockwell test with the Blade. So I really coud not know, if they are harder than the others.

But I sanded and polished more then 15 Blades and neither was so hard to polished, like this. There was nearly no abrasive effect on the metall. I sanded the double of time, dry and wet with the sanding rolls for the dremel and the effect is minor to my other blades.

I have not an idea, why?