Thread: Oops! Disaster in the workshop.

Let's start this out by saying I am not, in the slightest bit, happy with myself! Yesterday morning I started to get my kit out and I dropped the razor I was working on. Oh, and the surface I dropped it on was my garage floor. Apparently, concrete and razor blades (when dropped from 5 feet) don't go together.
With that said, the damage is done and I must move on.
I am seeking advice on what I should do with the razor. Should I scrap the blade and sell/donate the scales to one of you fine gentlemen (or women) or should I try to re-shape the blade?

i say shorten the blade up and use the heck out of it

What's wrong with it? Looks quite usable to me. I'm looking via phone, smaller pic, so maybe I'm missing something. Did a part of the blade get knocked off at the end? Seems thatd be okay, you will just have a shorter blade.

Reshape the blade.

You are already resigned to throwing it away. Hence, you lose nothing by trying to salvage it, and you gain a lot of raor working experience by trying to reshape the point. Even if you overheat and ruin the blade, you'll have learned valuable lessons.

I'd start by using a cutoff wheel to remove the damage part, and then use drum wheels to shape the point.

Free tip: if you cut off the damaged part, start with the edge and work up to the spine. the edge will cut easy. By the time the blade is almost cut through it will hang on a sturdy spine and cut off cleanly.

Doing it the other way around will probably snap the loose part off when you are almost through, resulting in even more blade loss as it is apt to break off a big chip.

Thanks for the advice guys.
Last night I sat down with the oxyacetylene torch (Dremel) and proceeded to cut the end off.

Will you be shortening the scales to fit? Or making new scales for the shortened razor?

Nice job, better to save it & use it than trash it. I'll be posting a simular story here in a day or two whenever I decide to go back to the shop. Many hours went into my restore of the blade & I was finishing up on buffing when the buffer snatched it out of my hands. It's setting on the scroll saw table now I believe, I'm just sick as I'm sure you were. Hopefully it will continue to be a good shaver for you.

Definitely still usable. Just regrind that tip back into a round point. If you do not have the tools to do this, several in the member services are of the classifieds do.

I don't think you should have used a torch to cut off the end. If the razor turned another color because of the heat it may now be too soft.

Ooops... Didnt notice that you had already done the work

Looks good, but did you use a dremel with a cut-off wheel, or an actual torch? Either way, there is an excellent chance that the temper is ruined, as both of those are going to create heat levels which are going to soften the metal... I hope it is ok!