Thread: What should I do with this razor?

You are a patient and persistent man. Nothing like taking a lemon and making lemonade. Nice save.

Patient, persistent and damded stuborn. Just ask my wife.

You did that without a vice? Ouch. Blisters, or just very sore?

Nice job on it, I look forward to seeing how it ends up!

No blisters, just a bit sore. But this did take me about three days to get through. It has made stropping a bit hard though. Now I'm trying to reshape what is now the toe. I have wrapped some material around the blade and clamped it in a D clamp. This gives me something to rest against the edge of my desk. I'll post some pictures tomorrow to show my progress so far.

Here is an update of where I'm up to. I have just finished redoing the barbers notch. Because I don't have a vice I wrapped the blade in a rag and then clamped it in a D clamp. This gave me something to rest against the edge of my desk. It didn't take any where near as long as I thought it would. Now I have to polish it up and I'm planning on cutting down the original scales to fit. Once its all polished up and put together it should look good.

Wow! That looks great.

You did that with a file, you are my hero.

I really like this post it is a nice balance to the I need a power tool post I often see (and often make myself).

I bow to your stubbornness.

Make your self a little bench hook for the filing work. I have several vices bout would have most likely used a bench hook to hold the blade when filing. I have several bench hooks in different sizes I find them very handy.


Charlie

When I first started with razors I wanted to get a dremel with all the bits and pieces. But then when I went back to Australia for a holiday I borrowed my friend's dremel for a test drive. That was when I realised that I am the sort of person who should be kept away from power tools. The exact moment I made this discovery was when I had a grinding bit in my fingers, locked into the chuck, and then turned it on (only for the briefest second). When restorers give advice like make sure the razor is secured before you start using a dremel, they are really talking to me.

I just looked up bench hook on google. That is kinda the idea I had behind using the D clamp. It worked really well, but vice would be even better.

Here is the finished product. All I have to do is hone it up and give it a shave.

Just in case anyone is interested, this razor is now up for sale in the classifieds.