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[SliceOfLife]

Well it took a lot of work, and like all W&B Choppers, it cost me way too much, but I finally got around to rubbing the worst of the pitting off of it and honing it up. As you can see, there is some more polishing that could be done and all I did to the tang was clean the pitting out (I didn't try to remove it or polish). Even so, there is a few hours work here and multiple abrasive wheels. The texture on the face you see could easily be removed (Like I did with the pitting at the toe) but I was worried it would cost me too much of the etching.


The last pic is a before shot.

 

[mdunn]

nice save.

do you think the toe is so curled up because of some ancient yahoo going nuts on the hone, or is it factory like that (there doesnt seem to be overmuch honewear on the toe end of the spin)(?

 

[SliceOfLife]

It's a factory smile. You have use a very high rolling stroke to get the toe to contact the hone with this razor. Like 15-20 degrees off the hone. It's not the first Chopper I've seen ground like it.

 

[Aussieshaver]

That smile is fantastic. Would make it interesting to hone though.

 

[SliceOfLife]

That smile is fantastic. Would make it interesting to hone though.

Beveling is tricky but everything after went smoothly. Getting good contact at the heel was more trouble than the toe

 

[steelhead]

Looks good!

 

[colday]

That's nice!

 

[mdunn]

It's a factory smile. You have use a very high rolling stroke to get the toe to contact the hone with this razor. Like 15-20 degrees off the hone. It's not the first Chopper I've seen ground like it.

ahhh - thanks. its a first for me... very cool!

 

[DogHair]

Nice blade. Definitely on my wish list.

 

[Cedrck]

That is not a factory smile… it’s what we today call a “turned up” (or curled up) point caused by honing over many years… OR the tip somehow was broken and the previous owner simply ground it down to round it off… then sold it.
If you look at a new(er) blade of the same model you will see for yourself. However, it a large blade and it’s full hollow ground, so it should be relatively easy to hone and shave very well (who knows… maybe as well as, or better than the original profile.

The heel was difficult to hone because that part of the edge is close to the stabilizing piece and so it is thicker than the rest of the edge, you may want to grind away part of the stabilizing piece at that corner so it will be much easier to touch-up when the time comes.

But that was a good restore… maybe, I couldn’t do better myself.

 

[JPDyson]

I was thinking the spine wear at the toe was a pretty good indication that it was due to over-honing the toe. Doesn't mean it can't be a wicked-good shaver.