Thread: What Can I Do?

Just a word or warning that since your determined to see it through (as far as feasibility I would defer to these gentlemen, they have been doing this much longer then my handful of minor restorations) that without a bevel setting stone the bevel on this bad boy will be a vey long project. Also honing with the stabilizer even with the heal like that will require either a stroke I'm not familiar with or some major work...

Video on youtube shows lynn setting bevel with 4k notrons... 2x 40 circles moderate pressure... can't be that hard... i hope

I didn't say it wasn't posible, but when the bevel is completely non-existent it takes a suprising amount of time to set one. But hey

I really enjoy the sanding process lol... except removing pitting... that sucks... but this was my first time and now i know how to do it so everything to come should be much smoother... and hopefully quicker.

Shiney, now come the honing.

WISH ME LUCK

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

Ic, I figured it would just become a 4/8 instead of a 5/8 lol. Gonna try breadknifing some more to flatten it than see what i can do.... if it shaves afterwards job well done... if not... worth the experience ^_^

So far the chips gone... not just trying to make it flush o.O

There you go! Even if worst comes to worse, you learned something from the journey and gained experience! That right there is awesome and invaluable if you ask me

GAH, I sanded this razor to the bone . Noticed how thin it was on the egde and pushed on it with my fingernail and it cracked like tinfoil. Next time I have pitting like this razor did I won't bother trying to sand it to perfection at the risk of killing it.

On the plus side... I learned to breadknife, how effective and time consuming sanding can be, to keep a closer eye on pitting and how to set a bevel (not the greatestr but the shape was their ^_^) and how sexy Flitz can make my razor look. Oh and sometimes it's better to leave a used razor ugly because it can still provide many shaves as opposed to trying to make it look new again.

Cheers

Yea, most times it is better to leave a razor with pitting alone, especially a full hollow, aside from a clean up with 0000 steel wool and some metal polish. Sometimes you just can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear and have to live with an imperfect but usable tool. Nothing wrong with a little character showing through.

Bob

I can't stand patina or any blemishes on the blade... if it aint sparkling I will think about it over and over - call me a perfectionist .

Even decided I will never buy a blade with more than 1 shoulder ( or stabalizer - from the holliwing right? ) as when they hone, those stupid shoulders make the blade look sloppy to me since the stone can grind them up higher than the bevel.

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

Even decided I will never buy a blade with more than 1 shoulder ( or stabalizer - from the holliwing right? ) as when they hone, those stupid shoulders make the blade look sloppy to me since the stone can grind them up higher than the bevel.

It is not the shoulders fault, you have to re-contour the heel when you do that much work to the edge... especially when you did much of it at the heel in the first place..