W&B- My first Regrind- Work in progress

About 3 months back i took a risk on the bay and got burned on a w&b suprise package. This pics where terrible and nobody was bidding so for 20$ and free shipping i picked it up hoping for gold. What i got was doo doo. Huge frown, honed to the bone. Scales as crooked as a questtion mark. I took it and tossed in in my tool bin as i did not have the heart to chuck it.
Then i thought, hey maybe this could be something... so i pulled out my sharpie, a dremel and an hour and a half later now i have this. I am actual pretty impressed with the result so far and the pic dont really do it justice but heres what i got so far. unfortunatly i do not have a before pic as i sort of planned for failure. please leave me some tips / feed back! i love regrinding... think im gonna take it up and buy some more junkers to save!!

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That is one funky looking blade. Do you have a before pic? It would be cool to see what this evolved from.

How did you cool the blade while grinding? I thought about taking a dremel to one of my beat up ebay specials that came in a lot just to see what I could do with it, but never did as I was worried about wrecking the temper with heat.

And be careful with that point around your ears!

Funky looking my arse,looks like a thing of beauty (in the rough)

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Funky looking my arse,looks like a thing of beauty (in the rough)

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Oh I agree! I meant funky in a good way. :)

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That is one funky looking blade. Do you have a before pic? It would be cool to see what this evolved from.

How did you cool the blade while grinding? I thought about taking a dremel to one of my beat up ebay specials that came in a lot just to see what I could do with it, but never did as I was worried about wrecking the temper with heat.

And be careful with that point around your ears!

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I used a cup of water to coor the blade. Any time i felt it getting warm i dipped it. Yeah that point is mean, but i couldnt resist going a little sharp there. As for a before i forgot to take a before because working on this project just sort of happend randomly, i wasnt planning on doing this so i didnt think to take a before pic. however here is a pictur of the blade in much better, and larger shape. This one was hone half wat through the letting/etching on the face of the blade about 1/8 or less away from the barbers notch. i drew a red line to show you the frown as it was an how much of the blade was missing.Below that i posted a second angle of the blade. Still rough, needs to be refined. Attachment 117251Attachment 117249

Really impressive! blade looks great, very unusual, i surely hope it will take an edge, and post your progress!

Thanks, will do. I hope it will take an edge too, i dont think i messed up the blades temper, i made sure to keep it cool to the touch. The blade edge itself i had to bread knife to fix the horrible frown, and at the depth the blade is currantly at it is still suprisingly thin. The faux frame back is def thinner then it was from the facroty, prob reduced by half but it still should give enough angle on a hone to take a new bevel easy enough and as we all know taking and holding an edge on an old sheffield blade of that era should not be a problem, provided i did not burn the blade on the wheel.

Good luck finishing that thing up-- that thing is very cool by the way (medieval/futuristic?). That is certainly one way to do a custom!

Kudos on the guts to try something. I am sure a lot of people would just be disheartened and that blade would have sat in the drawer untouched.

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Good luck finishing that thing up-- that thing is very cool by the way (medieval/futuristic?). That is certainly one way to do a custom!

Kudos on the guts to try something. I am sure a lot of people would just be disheartened and that blade would have sat in the drawer untouched.

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Thank you. What your saying is true. I had no intentions to touch this blade, i figured its shot thats it and nearly forgot about it. Then once i starting futzing around with the dremel 4000 i got a little confident and next thing i knew i was grinding hald the blade away. This razor did have an inspiration, no quite medval and the oposite of futuristic. I took inspiration from a w&b ottoman egyptian and royal windsor razor which was prob made some where in the 1850 range. The addition of the deep curved thumb notch with the 'point' or thorn between the tang and pivot as well as the sharp point and redesigned tail mimiced the appearance of that razor. In the end the two razor look nothing alike! hahha

Looks cool. A JL custom by the time your done with it. Your going to have to learn to etch your name in it. Well, after you get some new scales on it.

Nicely done!

But why not make it smile? :)

That's a Klingon blade !!....They don't smile :medvl:

thanks for the positive feedback guys. Lets talk scales. what are you guys thinking, material, color, shape, pins style? c'mon! Gimme some ideas! The only two thing that come to mind for this blade is either dyed red pressed horn or maybe some jade micarta? any othe ideas???

not enought blade left to make it smile... (frown) :(

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thanks for the positive feedback guys. Lets talk scales. what are you guys thinking, material, color, shape, pins style? c'mon! Gimme some ideas! The only two thing that come to mind for this blade is either dyed red pressed horn or maybe some jade micarta? any othe ideas???

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I'm normally pretty reserved with my own choices when it comes to scale material (black/honey horn, wood), but for this one I think you should go pretty bold with the scales! Micarta, G10, something with some bold colour, and a contrasting wedge. I don't think this bad boy would be properly contained by traditional scales. :)

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I'm normally pretty reserved with my own choices when it comes to scale material (black/honey horn, wood), but for this one I think you should go pretty bold with the scales! Micarta, G10, something with some bold colour, and a contrasting wedge. I don't think this bad boy would be properly contained by traditional scales. :)

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Im on the same page on this one- i usualy always spring for original or classy... This one feels different. I like the contrast wedge idea. those always look cool.

Okay so here the update. There have been many trials and tribulations and likley unorthodox methods used on my part to get the razor from when i lasted posted untill now. Lets just say in so many words- its been a learning expieriance. None the less i am happy with the results overall. Rather then go with a pure mirror polish i choose to do something a little different. I acid etched the spine, tang and tail and polished the blade giving this guy a two tone effect. I had never etched a blade before. I used the hot vinigar methof which, FYI works really well. The etchiong gave a nice satin finish to the steel. Once done i mirror polished the blade which has some flaws (due to my trails and tribulations). This project makes me realize i need to find my digital camera bc my iphone takes crap pics, As the pics do this blade little justice. But heres what i got- step 3 scales- ill keep you posted.
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My first thought was carbon fiber scales. maybe with some red accents some how. A shape that goes with the razor lines. Or carbon and silver like 2 tone to match ?

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My first thought was carbon fiber scales. maybe with some red accents some how. A shape that goes with the razor lines. Or carbon and silver like 2 tone to match ?

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Lkkingbthe carbon fiber and red idea now on to the bay to buy some stock!

Looks very good , looking forward to the completion!

I love the shape of that razor, very nice curves.

Charlie

Thanks for the like charlie, fyi i learned the hot vinegar method from your you tube vid series- needless to say you have been an inspiration to both myself and the community.

So i drew up these scales for the blade, i think they work well. Im now torn between carbon fiber and micarta/g10 on these ones. andy input or feedback on the scale shape / color?
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I like it! Especially how the tang shape is echoed on the scales.

So here's what she looks like! ok about the scales- they are acrylic, and i original roughed them out with those thorns on the side like shown out the out line in the pics on the post above; unfortunately they interfered with the closing of the razor so i tryed to get creative and do something with heat.... not a good idea. the rear scale ended up a little melted so long story short i cut off the thorns :( and the rear guy has a little war scar. o well i think it looks pretty nice. i opted for bolt n nut on these for an industrial look. I will be attending the new york city / long island meetup in jersey tomorrow morning. going to see if we can get this bad boy on the stones then. for now let me know what you think!!

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So for my first regrind what do you guys think?

I think you did great ! The first one is always the learn as you go method as I am finding out myself. It's tough but you pulled it off. Congratulations . :y

Shame about the thorns, but I think it turned out really great! Nice and aggressive to match the regrind. :tu

A fine job for sure, Enjoy!

I like the color and shape of the scales. It looks aggressive. Good job!

That is a kool looking blade

shave with it yet? It looks great and you should be proud (though you could always try the thorned scales again).