Thread: What is Restoration???

Well said. logical,straighrforward,and concise. Even I understood it!

I see sharpening and honing as two different steps. Sharpening is getting the edge built, cleaned up, fixed what not. And honing is the refinement of that edge for shaving.

But that just me.

When I see the word vintage, I'm thinking original finishes and all spared. Scales fixed and reinstalled, collars rebuilt or fabricated to original. I know this would be under that collector moniker but thats what goes threw my mind when I think of Vintage Restoration.

Hmmmm good point Chef, lemme ponder on that a few, about how to re-word it...


Edit: I think that might have it

Thanks for linking this thread glen, hopefully now it has a new post on it it will be dragged kicking and screaming back to the future

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Thanks for linking this thread glen, hopefully now it has a new post on it it will be dragged kicking and screaming back to the future

I think it just has been Ed!

James.

One section mentions 'modding' the steel. This one puzzles me a little and it would be helpful to have an example. Would the re-grinders of old (and new) of wedges to make hollow grinds be modding the steel? Are there less radical examples of modding the steel?
BTW, thanks Ed.

Originally Posted by WW243

One section mentions 'modding' the steel. This one puzzles me a little and it would be helpful to have an example. Would the re-grinders of old (and new) of wedges to make hollow grinds be modding the steel? Are there less radical examples of modding the steel?

Points, Spines, Shoulders, Tangs, and Tails tend to be the most often used targets

Changing the Point, or adding decoration to the Spine, or for instance taking off the problematic shoulders of a GD would be common examples of Modding the razors.. Perhaps making Kamisori styles out of broken razors, or changing the tang and adding a different one piece style handle..

All these have been done