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Thread: Did it again!!
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09-18-2011, 09:19 PM #1
Did it again!!
Well, it's been a while since I've had anything to post in this forum, but I still have 4 or 5 razors that need restoring.
I started working on a Clauss 7/8 that I scored on the bay a while back. It was a nice razor and all I really needed to do was to polish out a few patina spots and clean the scales.
I knew this wasn't going to end well when I accidentally burned the scales removing the pivot. Got careless with the dremel which is what I use to grind off the pivot pin and burned the scale. Ok, so it wasn't too bad, I could deal with that alright. Brush it up, polish it some and most of it would be covered by a stacked washer re-pinning. It'll be alright.
So I move on to the blade. I run it over the buffer and have it looking pretty nice. I could have and should have stopped there. But as I was starting to work on the scales I noticed a spot close to the edge that I hadn't noticed until I saw it in a different light, you know?
So..... I grab the rotary tool again and change over to a buffing wheel, starting with the black greaseless compound. I started to polish the blade again, and I had not been polishing for a minute before I picked up the razor blade and turned around to get closer to the light and get a better look at the edge when I lost control of it, (I don't know how, or what happened) and it was heading for a place that was not going to be good to hit. I slapped it back into the air, totally freaked that I was going to slice myself. The brain instantly weighs those pros and cons and your re-action is pretty much involuntary.
The slap resulted in missing what I wanted it to miss, but sent it flying into another section of the area that was even worse. The resulting chip out of the edge, near the heel seemed not to bad, and I thought it could have been worse. I could have sliced myself AND chipped the edge.
I grab the DMT and proceed to breadknife the edge. As I was already planning on honing it when I finished, I had been soaking stones for at least an hour already.
As I was breadknifing it, I kept examining the chip to make sure I left just enough of the chip to ensure the least amount of removal from the blade. I could just see the start of what I thought was a crack. I stopped when the chip looked to be just small enough and took it to the Norton's.
While I was trying to set the bevel, I noticed what I thought was happening, really was happening and there was a crack developing, heading toward the shoulder supports. A few more passes and the crack was well on it's way.
What a drag, eh?
I wish I could blame the dremel or anyone else, but dumb is as dumb does. I lost a beauty, but did gain some very valuable experience on the stones. This is the first crack I have ever actually seen come out of a chip. Another step in the right direction, even if I lost a razor to learn it. Which I'm really bummed about, I was looking forward, after all those hours of sanding and polishing, honing and all, to shaving with that razor. What a loss. Due to bumbling fingers.
Man it stinks getting old.
Well, that's my story, I hope there is something to learn for all in it.
Happy shaving!!
M-- Any day I get out of bed, and the first thing out of my mouth is not a groan, that's going to be a good day --
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09-18-2011, 09:27 PM #2
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Thanked: 69throw dremel in trash.... make trip to harbor freight and buy proper buffer/grinder....
*(Glad you still got all your fingers)...
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09-18-2011, 09:36 PM #3
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Thanked: 20The lesson here is: Dremel's will destroy your razors in less than a blink of an eye.
Do yourself a favor, get a flush cutter or a set of files to unpin razors, and go get a bench grinder/buffer and some wheels/compound. Put the dremel tool in a box and forget about it!
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09-18-2011, 09:42 PM #4
+1 to getting rid of that Dremel. Not saying they aren't a useful tool but you and that Dremel are not made for each other Mike.
Really sorry to hear about another of your fine blades being damaged.
Good thing it wasn't part of you that ended up with a new crack
Stu
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09-18-2011, 10:28 PM #5
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Thanked: 46I see no reason to trash the dremel. You paid good money for it so put it on eBay and get some back.
Some people just don't gel with some tools, that's just reality. Me? I have an aversion to panel saws. Put one stright through my left thumbnail when I was about 15. Never been real confident with one ever since. Other saws are fine but panel saws seem to like my flesh a little too much.
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09-18-2011, 10:53 PM #6
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Thanked: 983Don't let any man come between me and my Dremel. I love my dremel...For other things, not razor resto's. Haven't tried any of that sort of thing yet, but wouldn't go to a dremel for it if I did. I would work it all by hand sanding and such. Made many a knife just using hand tools, wouldn't change a thing doing a razor resto! That's just me though.
Sorry to hear of your loss, of what may have been a fine razor. Sorry to hear of the loss or destruction of any cut-throat...A small piece of history gone forever.
Mick
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09-18-2011, 11:20 PM #7
I put my dremel away after killing a awesome Broker French Point trying to clean it up. You need to do the same.
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09-19-2011, 12:11 AM #8
There's something about the combination of a really sharp edge and something spinning really fast that totally freaks me out. But that's just me.
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09-19-2011, 01:08 AM #9
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