Thread: Little ugly, handles well.

One big learning was just how fragile the edge can be. I flung out a couple small chips even while going in really small increments taking off the damaged end's thinner profile. Keep safe! Eye and hand protection, direction of rotation kept away from you... putting a thin score on the line you want to cleave helped me too.

Nice job. I would leave it without scales too and call it a Japanese style. Nice recovery of a damaged blade.

Just like a $600 Maestro Livi's.

I could hear the 'Twihlight Zone' music playing as I read this. Same things happened to me last year but mine was a $5 razor

I opted for shortening the scales & refitting tho. I found it too awkward to shave with the skinny tang.

As Ron said definitely a process of making lemonade out of lemons. Well done

Now that you have done this you can fill in the hole with some sort of epoxy resin and advertise it on ebay as an exclusive one off custom, extreemly rare. Someone will pay top dollar for it.

That is far cooler than it should be! Nice job.

For sure use it Japanese style, I think that would work really well.