OK, so I was tinkering with the dremel 'drill press' set-up the wife bought me for Christmas. It lets you rotate the dremel to a 90 degree position, which makes buffing with those fiber wheels a breeze. After a few 'no brainers' I decided a challenge (at this point all the fiber wheels look like a wreck and I can not distinguish any of the different colors of the wheels because the are such a mess).
WELL anyway, I grab a "Henry Sears and Sons' oldie (HENRY SEARS & SON, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1883 - 1897) that is in very poor shape (see images). As I'm cleaning it up, I saw what you never want to see... A crack in the blade hiding under some gunk. At first I figured, "That's it, trash the blade, call it a day"... But then I realised that the crack is in the heel, not even on the cutting edge. This could be a 'newbies' razor if it cleans up well.
AND she did. I admit the blade could have been buffed out more, but I figured:
1. My buff-wheels are shot, and I'm not running out to the store today.
2. It has a damn crack in the heel, why go all out on the buffing....just make it clean!
I also worked on the scales. I love making dead horn come back! I renforced the splits with super glue and then sanded them flush, and inbetween each grit, I rubbed the scales down with neatsfoot. They came out translucent again!
The pivote pin is straight and tight!
I honed it up and she's hair popin' ready!
Not bad for a days work...
Do you think it's worth $30 (that's with S/H in USA already included), or is that asking too much? I mean while it does have a crack, it is not in the edge, and does not effect the way it hones and shaves...
(Sorry for the poor scans....)
C utz
