Pipe Fix

[Kenrup]

This razor called to me. I restored the blade to a mirror finish. Installed a pivot hole pushing, and installed thrust washers. I completely redid the scales. I repined it in bullseyes with a matching adjustable pivot pin. It honed up like a dream.

[coachmike]

Wow again Ken,,,GREAT JOB...

[fallout55]

Beautiful job. I have a W&B I'll be sending you soon

[Yorkshireman]

You have done a beautiful job on that one.

Perhaps you could help me with a question.

At the grob (the place where the back meets the point), is it obliquely ground flat both sides, sort of chisel or scraper style? Or, is that just a trick of the light in the photograph? I have recently been given a Wostenholm with the grob ground in that manner. I had taken it to be evidence of past abuse, but it looks as though it perhaps should be like that - a sort of Wostenholm "house style".

Thanks for your help,

Duncan.

[Kenrup]

You have done a beautiful job on that one.

Perhaps you could help me with a question.

At the grob (the place where the back meets the point), is it obliquely ground flat both sides, sort of chisel or scraper style? Or, is that just a trick of the light in the photograph? I have recently been given a Wostenholm with the grob ground in that manner. I had taken it to be evidence of past abuse, but it looks as though it perhaps should be like that - a sort of Wostenholm "house style".

Thanks for your help,

Duncan.

The grob as you say in the photos is actually rather square. It's just buffed a little. I have one pipe unrestored that is very square. I think honing wear would not affect the area just below the spine. If there is wear at this point, it is over honed.

I hope this helps.

[TOB9595]

Ken...so classy and understated...the pipe is there ready to jump out..The other side of the tang is so sharp and crisp..Leaps out at you.
T

[randydance062449]

Very nice work!

One question...what is a thrust washer? An inside the scale bushing/washer of some special shape?

Thanks for your time,

[Kenrup]

Very nice work!

One question...what is a thrust washer? An inside the scale bushing/washer of some special shape?

Thanks for your time,

The washer between the scales and the blade are thrust washers. They are darn hard to find. I find that the ideal thickness is around .015" with a outside diameter of 7/32" with a .065" hole. About as close as I get is a #4 washer.

[Yorkshireman]

The grob as you say in the photos is actually rather square. It's just buffed a little. I have one pipe unrestored that is very square. I think honing wear would not affect the area just below the spine. If there is wear at this point, it is over honed.

I hope this helps.

Thank you for your reply. It is definitely not hone wear. The grob has been ground deliberately to a slightly blunt chisel-like form. The ground surfaces are mirror polished to match the rest of the blade. My first thought was that this was razor abuse - that it had been ground for use as a scraper. However, there is no evidence of use as a scraper - the mirror polish on the ground surfaces is unscratched. Now I am tending towards the view that it is the original grind of the blade.
I wonder, does anyone else out there have a razor with this sort of unusual tip?

[gssixgun]

Very classy looking Ken !!!!!
I likey !!!!!!!!