Thread: Regrinding Services?

Before and after of Joe Chandler's handywork. He also built the scales with a cool clear, metal lined wedge.

Nice work Joe! A lot better than I can do!

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Nice work Joe! A lot better than I can do!

Randy these crappy pics don't do the work justice. After getting this back I sent him two more to do. That's how impressed I was.....the blade was much rougher than the before pic shows.

What are Joe's regrinding rates? I'd rather give my biz to an SRP member.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

What are Joe's regrinding rates? I'd rather give my biz to an SRP member.

I'm guessing this would depend on the blade and damage. I would recommend contacting Joe for the answer, I found him to be quite fair.

Will do. I already contacted another member who may or may not offer this service (so I don't want to expose him to scrutiny until I know for sure) but enjoys the highest level of my trust, but there's no harm in asking for a 2nd opinion.

Originally Posted by Michael P. Jackson

Believe me, if I did not believe it was necessary in order to use the razor, I would not be looking to have it reground.

-Michael P. Jackson

Post pictures when you get the razor back (before and after pictures).
I might decide to have some of MY oldies reground...

C utz

I'm somewhat limited in the size blades I can do, but if it's a wedge ground blade, between 11/16 and 7/8, I can regrind it usually. I don't have any wedges in the above size left at my house with any wear remaining. I charge $25 to regrind, including hand honing/testing. I have actually reground a 15/16 W&B, but it had a much heavier spine than normal, with a grind that started lower on the blade, so it worked with my equipment. I don't think I could do it normally.

Joe, how about sub-5/8 wedges, maintaining a wedge profile, without hollowing them out?

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Joe, how about sub-5/8 wedges, maintaining a wedge profile, without hollowing them out?

Well, theoretically it's possible. The thing is, I maintain a wedge profile on a 7/8 without exceeding the original hollow too much. On a sub 5/8 blade, it definitely wouldn't hollow too much...in fact, it would be nearly flat, due to the minimum amount of wheel arc it would contact. What I'm afraid of doing a blade that small would be thinning the spine, because it would be tough to turn the edge into the wheel enough that it wouldn't contact the spine without putting too extreme a bevel angle on, if that makes any sense. It would force the razor to assume an almost axe-shaped profile, too thick to cut properly, or if I thinned the whole thing out, it would be almost dead flat, and the spine would have to be thinned. It would be tough to maintain the proper spine thickness to width honing ratio. I guess basically what I'm saying is that I'm sure I could do it, but the razor might lose some of it's shaving ability. It might work just fine, it's just that a 9-inch wheel is really, IMO, too big to do a blade that size properly. For that size blade I'd really need about a 7-inch wheel. If I can ever save up enough fundage to buy that new grinder I've been drooling over for the last 4 years, I plan to have every contact wheel size available so that I can do anything, up to and including full hollows, and start making my own. I know how to grind. I'm just limited by equipment at the moment. This is a long-winded way of saying what I said in the PM.