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01-24-2011, 04:21 AM #21
If I hadn't read from the beginning, I would never know that thing was once damaged. Awesome job
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01-24-2011, 05:17 AM #22
[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 computerI 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
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01-24-2011, 06:05 AM #23
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.
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01-24-2011, 06:38 AM #24
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Thanked: 1263That looks fantastic! Great save Glen!!
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01-24-2011, 09:16 AM #25
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Thanked: 317Glen, 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.
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01-24-2011, 12:50 PM #26
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Thanked: 13249That 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
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01-24-2011, 12:55 PM #27
Glen,
I suppose the term "freakin genius" is in order. Great work.
David
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01-24-2011, 12:57 PM #28
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01-24-2011, 01:11 PM #29
When life gives you a lemon, take out the grinder and make some lemonade.
Nice work Glen.
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01-24-2011, 03:20 PM #30
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
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