Thread: My First Restoration Attempts

Bravo, JDTO. Damn fine work. 'Hope you feel really good about it.

Earlier, you asked about restorative grinding on the frown. Glen had a thread about how he removes nicks and frowns - usually holding the spin up off the stone until almost all of the imperfection is gone, then adding 3 layers of tape and using normal honing strokes. 'Works quite well. I've not represented his method well, here, so some searching might be in order.

'Glad you posted this - does me good to see others wading into the soup.

The Manhattan looks great Jack. Nice job on the blade.

With your frowners, I agree with Pinklather. It's not quite as drastic as bread-knifing. You hold the razor on the stone at a 45 degree angle, and grind out your frown.

Thanks guys. I'm having some challenges with honing this one, which I think stem from uneven hone wear on the spine, as well as it being pretty hard steel. I'm going to hold off on that until I can get it in Maxi's hands for a look at it, then I'll see if I need to even out the spine and polish it again.

In the mean time, I might switch to working on one of my other blades or a set of scales

Beautiful work...

I'd love to give this whole restoration thing a try, but all you guys keep beating me to the old razors in town

Thanks, Joe. This one was a pretty easy one, as all I really did was clean up the blade. I've been getting some half-decent fixer-uppers from Ebay, though I've probably had as many sniped last minute as I have won at good prices . It had some pretty deep marks from honing on the edge of the spine, as well as some dark staining and patina, which came off quite quickly. The hone wear smoothed out nicely, though I fear I'll have to scratch it up again to correct the asymmetrical spine. I'm going to run it by Maxi and see what he thinks.

Great Job, thank for sharing !

Originally Posted by jdto

Thanks guys. I'm having some challenges with honing this one, which I think stem from uneven hone wear on the spine, as well as it being pretty hard steel. I'm going to hold off on that until I can get it in Maxi's hands for a look at it, then I'll see if I need to even out the spine and polish it again.

In the mean time, I might switch to working on one of my other blades or a set of scales

Big smiles can be a problem, read up and watch some videos on the "rolling x-stroke" also narrow hones can be a big help with those

Here's a shot of the scales I am making for the Manhattan.

What kinda wood is that?

Originally Posted by Korben88

What kinda wood is that?

Bocote wood.