Next On The List - 9/16 Case Red Imp #132

Just got my Red Imp in today! Something about these, I just had to have one.

The scales were terribly shrunk and extremely warped so those are junk :td but after a de-scale the blade cleaned up great! I have a chipped "donor" razor with some black bakelite in great condition I will be pairing it with ....this will be my first re-scale !

Anyway on to the eye candy for now !
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0970.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0969.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0968.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0967.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0971.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0972.jpg

And the cleanup!!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0974.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0982.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0983.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0985.jpg

Here is an issue, the point has a tiny chip in it .... what would be the recommended approach? I have seen bread knifing the entire blade, using sandpaper to knock down the over all with evenly until the chips are gone. I have also seen just slightly rounding the point ....I want the nice point though, that's makes the blade!

If it makes a difference it looks as if this blade has never been honed outside of the factory

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_0994.jpg

No suggestions on to sand down the length of the blade to remove this chip or if its better to just round the point??????

If you gotta keep the point, id use stones. If you take the easy route and round the point, id use stones for that too.

If you want to keep the Spike then you need to take off metal from the front, not the blade..

In the restoration game you can only remove metal, we haven't figured out how to add it back "Yet" :) so remove the least amout that is possible to achieve your goal.. In this "Case" (pun intended) that would be to shorten the length and keep the spike...

Myself I might go with Neutering the spike and call it good, but it isn't my razor

hmm, sounds like just muting the point and lightly rounding it off would be best then, thanks for the input guys.

If you're all set for a spike point just regrind the toe and remove as much as is needed to get the point back. We're probably talking 1 - 2 mm tops. On a flat platen it takes less than minute to shorten. If not just mute and round the point with sandpaper. Those are great little shavers.

round point new point?

Finally made a little progress on this. I dont have the time, space, tools or materials to make my own scales so I used a donor pair...

some pics of the initial mock up for clearances
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_1016.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...h/SAM_1011.jpg

The scales are just plastic so for now I think ill just try and polish them up a little bit and just get this beast to work. Later on I will hopefully get/make some more appropriate scales for the Imp.