Thread: NOS Herder!

Originally Posted by headdoc

I got the set. Now what. Do they just need to be ground, polished, and sharpened only. They are rough, but are they tempered and ready to finish? Seems like a fun project.
Headdoc

witch ones did you get 4/8 5/8 6/8?

I also ordered some. They should be arriving in a day or two. If you want to wait then I will take mine to Mike Blue and ask him. He has a Rockwell tester and that might be useful. Right now, based on the color and texture in the pic, I think they have been heat treated and possibly tempered as well. My assumption is that these have not been ground so they are a single concave shape direct from the stamping machine.
On mine, at a minimum, I will temper them again at 400 degrees for 1 hour, let cool to room temperature, which happens quicly, then back in the oven for another hour. The Rockwell test wil be informative.

Once we are sure that they have been heat treated and tempered then it is a matter of grinding, polishing and sharpening.

This will be fun,

The set I received consisted of 1- 7/8 x3 1/8 inch spike full hollow, 1- 5/8 x 2 7/8 inch French point @1/4 hollow, 1- 5/8 X 1 3/8 French point wedge, & 1- 3/8 X 2 3/4 inch round point 1/2 hollow. I don't have my camera with me. The 7/8 and the wedge are not stamped on the tang and are more blueish then the other two. They are stamped #304 and #37. The pictures on the SMKW are the same as what was sent. I'll probable have pictures up later.
Headdoc

Sounds like a good assortment! Mike Blue emailed me today and said I could bring the razors to his shop for testing. This should be interesting.

How thick is the edge on your razors?

I don't have a micrometer fine enough. They are less then .5 mm. THe edges are squared off. They look like they are ready for final grinding to get the spine straight and then polishing b4 sharpening then honing. Two of the blades do not contain company stamping. They are also a different color. You'll see when you get yours. I am not going to mess with them until I hear from you about what the steps are to finish these. I am looking forward to continuing on this thread.
Headdoc

I will post what Mike Blue nad me find out!

I drove by smokey mnt knife works tonight and got a set of them tonight. 3 out of the 4 blades are going to be usable but one is the smallest I have seen haven't measured it yet but its mainly a spine with an edge on it, maybe 2/8 doubt 3/8 but will measure it to be sure all have a uniforn coating of rust have to see whats under that.