Thread: Crooked Blade Help Please

so I've been working on restoring a Bengall and I put it together today to see how my progress was. It hits the scale and I initially figured I messed up the scales. While trying to figure out where I went wrong I think I found an issue with the tang. I placed the blade (no scales) on a flat surface and pressed down at the pivot hole to see how far the tip rose from the surface (I did this for both sides). One direction rose much further than the other leading me to believe the tang is uneven. I've attached pictures of my results, added red lines to give you a better idea of the distance since I know the pictures are a bit blurry, and I need some feedback. When I was restoring this blade I only started off with 220 sandpaper cause that was as low a grit as I could find (it was also all by hand, no power tools).

Could I have taken off enough metal to cause this, is this just a warped tang issue, is there any way to correct this?

I can't really see from your pictures. Try setting your camera to Macro mode. makes taking close up pics a lot better.

Also, where on the razor is it hitting the scales? A lot of older razors aren't prefectly straight, so you might have to experiment with the pin angle, or adjusting the scales a bit as well.

the camera was in macro mode. It's not my camera though, I'll see if I can get some help with it and repost the pictures

**EDIT**

new pictures are attached to the main post. all I am doing in the picture is pressing down on the pivot hole

Wish I could look at it, but I'm sure someone else will be able to tell you something more from just the pics.

GL!

That's just the way some razor tangs are ground from the factory.

You'll have to add extra washers to one side whan putting on the new scales.

that is very relieving to hear. is it necessary to have any washers on the side that does not need it? I don't know if that would be bad for the wood but the original plastic scales did not have washers and figured I might try it out.

i have a similar issue with two of my razors a thomas ibbotson genuine concave, and a southern pride...both seem bent to some degree, and honing has been a challenge! i have to see what others think before i try myself to ruin them...but good luck and if you figure something out i'll be watching..thanks for sharing!

Wulfgar

Originally Posted by Seraphim

That's just the way some razor tangs are ground from the factory.

Funnily enough one of my Bengall razors is like that to.
I wonder how rare/common it is?

well I put a straight edge against both sides of the cutting edge and I'm pretty posative the issue is not in the edge itself so I'm hoping there is no honing issue for this one, but I don't hone yet, so I'll have to wait till I'm done restoring it to and send it to a honester to find out for sure.

Plastic scales can be bent to fit over the spout of a kettle of boiling water. Not the most elegant solution but not too noticeable if the bend is slight,and of course bent ones can be straightened in the same way. Bend them to where you want them then run under cold water.