Thread: Guitar theme Resto heartbreak..

So I picked up and old 3/8 Wostenholm pipe razor (wedge) a few weeks ago for $3. After reading a thread about 3/8 razors I decided to go ahead with a full, scales off restore to have a nice little razor for trimming around the gotee.. It started out fine. The scales were a total loss so I ground the peens and started with sand paper. There was alot of pitting. It took a ton of work to get it to a near mirror finish but, I finally got her there. The edge was in terrible shape. A few chips and flat spots that drove me nuts trying to set the bevel. I put it down for a few days and started again this morning. Had a great idea for a guitar theme with the scales since I'm a guitar player so jumped right on it.. The new scales are orange acrylic (matches a vintage Gibson Flying V I have). The wedge was made out of a really thick guitar pick, cut and ground down, of course. I peened it with a thicker than normal brass rod to accomodate washers that I made out of cut in half and ground down guitar string ends (Chrome). Everything looked great so I plopped back down at the table for another marathon of setting this bevel. Here's where the heartbreak comes in: An hour in, a big hair-line crack forms 2/3rds of the way down the blade. I have no idea how it happened. There was no pressure, heat or stress on the edge at all. I just stopped mid stroke to see how the edge was comming along and there it was.. The thing is already so small that there's no saving it now. So, Here I am, tons of work and no razor to show for it. ARRGGGG!!!!