Repairing a broken Shank or Tang

[Kevin8888]

Hey I have a question for you guys in the repair world. Have any of you tryed/succeded in repairing a broken off tang or shank? I'm sad to admit that I have droped a razor, and that it broke clean in half at the shoulder, but with a little determination and luck managed to reattach (rather crudely I admit) the blade to the shank. I used a micro torch and some solder it seemed to work rather well. So I guess the next step is to see if I can get a shave ready edge on it or if I destroyed the temper (though I have to buy a hone first). I believe with a little skill and a little practice a shank can be reattached (though not as attractively as the orrigonal) with out ruining the edge. Any thoughts on it guys?

[Philadelph]

Hope the razor was worth the effort. In most cases I wouldn't bother.

[Kevin8888]

It was my first razor haha, and it was more to see if it was possible, incase (god forbid) it happens to something I love shaving with. Though I have to say it realy wasn't that much effort, for me at least, but for those who have no practice in metal working Im sure would have difficulties with it.

[FiReSTaRT]

Got any pictures?

[ben.mid]

If your solder is the same stuff we call solder, i'd imagine that the join will be considerably weaker than the rest. Go careful it doesn't fail during a shave, it could do some damage!
If it was hot enough to create a sound join i'd have thought it would have ruined the steel's temper.
If it's beyond repair, I'm sorry for your loss mate.

[Kevin8888]

Sadly no at the moment i dont have any pictures as its at my non-school year home (aka my parents place). I agree it would likely be weaker then the orrigonal but i dont think weak enough to be overly conserned about (solder im talking about is used predominatly for silver and copper). Though i know for a fact that silver handled knives use solder to attach a stainless steel blade, yet the blades still hold an edge (no idea if they will hold a razor edge though. If I am correct solder melts at a temp lower then the annealing proccess for steel, as well as you dont have to get the steel red hot for it to bond just hot enough to melt the solder as long as you are using flux. Again I could be wrong, but I think with experimentation and a little practice this could be used to repair razors with great sentimental value, if not for use at least for show.