Thread: Wow what a find

Well gents I finally got my hands on a monster without breaking the bank I scored a wade and butcher celebrated meat chopper. It's in the original scales which is bone I'm going to clean it up alittle the only problem is I have never really honed a smiling blade so.

Hello and congrats! I'm not any expert of anything, but in case you didn't know I wanted to save you some hassle. The shoulder of that razor is going to give you problems. You're gonna have to clear out some of that area with some sort of grinder before you try to hone it. Otherwise, you'll spend days and days trying to figure out why the toe seems sharp but the heel is not. Honing the smile won't be the issue for you. It's pretty easy to figure that portion out. It's working around that heel shoulder that I'd be worried about. Awesome find btw! I'm sure the experts will tell you more, but I just wanted to throw that out there, for you to be aware. I've spent a lot of time dealing with something like that and it's not fun.

Dang that stinks. I don't have a grinder I hope it wasn't a waste

That looks quite good. I haven't been here long but I'm sure there someone on at SRP that you could collaborate with. Maybe he could take care of the grinding work for you then send it back for you to finish off.

No way. I'm sure you can take care of it. Maybe a DMT plate and the proper approach angle? I believe Holli4pirating has made a help thread on just this subject. It CAN be fixed. I just haven't been able to do it well, and spent so much time trying to hone a razor with that issue that I wanted to make sure you were aware before you went to honing. If an expert doesn't pipe in shortly, I'd send someone a PM. Not me of course. Heck they might tell you I'm full of it, and there's no problem they can see.

IMO that razor needs to be reground, reducing the stabalizers width, and height. Thats what I would have done anyways...
I wouldnt be happy with a DIY fix on a razor like this. Just MO

I'm with shooter...I would just hold on to it until you do have the money...it'd be a shame to damage it.

Congrats on scoring that baby! I'm also in agreement that it should be done by a pro. If or when I get into learning restoration, I would not be doing it on such a nice find. Mine is quite similar but not as nice. My scales are these big ole wood clunkers. I wanted to see if anything was hiding under the patina so I busted out the rotary tool, felt wheel and some 1 micron diamond paste and cleaned a bit off. Here she be:

Very nice and I just got done shaving with the beast and it was awesome just the heft alone took out everything in its path. Now if I got it honed by a professional It could shave like a champ