Thread: Stupid Mistake! Can this be fixed??

If I hadn't read from the beginning, I would never know that thing was once damaged. Awesome job

[QUOTE=gssixgun;725504]This Eyre is fixed, and heading back home...


BTW nothing, not one micon of length, was lost on the re-contour of the point...
This is the point I was trying to draw with the computer I knew I could very slowly work the curve and bring it right to the broken point...

My origional vote would have been to round it but after seeing the results it was a very good choice.

tim

All out hearts drop when the moment between our intentions/actions and consequences manifest!
Since this is your baby why not go all out and make it yours.
It all depends on your personal philosophy.
Here's a few of my whims.

That looks fantastic! Great save Glen!!

Glen, great work as always.

It looks like you stopped 'just' shy of going all the way back to the break, and gave it ever so slight of a rounded off point rather than an extreme spike. Am I correct?

It looks that way in the photos, and it was probably a great call on your part. It came out just beautiful.

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

Glen, great work as always.

It looks like you stopped 'just' shy of going all the way back to the break, and gave it ever so slight of a rounded off point rather than an extreme spike. Am I correct?

It looks that way in the photos, and it was probably a great call on your part. It came out just beautiful.

That is exactly the way I did it, I just kept pushing the curve back until I married the new curve with the slightly neutered point... As is got closer and closer, I liked the look of that point, much better than a true spike... The other plus was not losing any length, the cutting edge is 2.5 inches almost to the 1000th

Nice to see ya posting again Steve

Glen,

I suppose the term "freakin genius" is in order. Great work.

David

Originally Posted by 32t

My origional vote would have been to round it but after seeing the results it was a very good choice.

tim

There were no problems with the rounding option, it would have been a bit harder to keep all the length, not a ton harder, but a bit... The only thing that didn't really appeal to me about it was, you just don't see many round point razors of that Era...

When life gives you a lemon, take out the grinder and make some lemonade.

Nice work Glen.

It's hard to tell from the photos, but this blade is a near wedge and is quite heavy. Rounding the point, for me anyway, was never a real consideration. Not to be too anal about my razors, but an old Sheffield wedge with a rounded point would be too anachronistic for my tastes, which is also why I requested horn for the rescale - it's a material that was commonly used for scales back around the original date of manufacture. Well, that and it's just plain awesome.

Glenn nailed it!

Chad