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That looks awesome! I found that one of the old Bismarck razors I own is a bellied grind the other day, I have yet to hone it though. Nice score!
What's on your work bench right now?
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Let us know how she turns out, sound like it would be a difficult task.....
yepp the scales are installed, but i'm on the fence to keep or to change. I have an old frameback Johan Engström that i think suits them better. I made some new in bog oak that i think the Heljestrand will be nicer in. The Razor is a MK No 30.
The new in bog oak, you can se the raw material on one of the pictures that the new scales are resting on.
Very nice!! I hope the blade they are going on is equaly as nice?
Yes it is a Heljestrand MK 30 on the former picture, i didn't like the combination of the Heljestrand with the Teak scales. I will change them this weekend.
I got some nice scale material to work with now,
Some Laurel Birch, Bog Oak, streaked horns, honey horn and some Bambo. All wood is stabilized wood. The teak wasn't stabilized and i have to work them down more, they got to bulky i think.
A good restoration starts with the key ingridient, a good wedge. Here is one in the making.
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@Mackis now that it the right way to make a wedge, very cool!
Had some time to work on this Henckels, blade had some patina but the scales had a bunch of chips on them and the pins were showing some corrosion. I never really worked with bone before but just a note to all it sure does smell when you start sanding it. I polished the scales but I think I may go back to a 3000 grit finish the chalkiness makes the shiny blade really pop.
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Had some time to work on this Henckels, blade had some patina but the scales had a bunch of chips on them and the pins were showing some corrosion. I never really worked with bone before but just a note to all it sure does smell when you start sanding it. I polished the scales but I think I may go back to a 3000 grit finish the chalkiness makes the shiny blade really pop.
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Gotta love auto-correctprobably not cellulite...
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Ok had some time to finish the work with the bog oak scales.
My first idea was to refit the CV Heljestrand MK 30 on them, but that wasn't going to happen.
The MK 30 is a 4/8 and the scales is for a 5/8. So i had to rethink what was going on those scales.
The Johan Hengström just cried out to get some new scales, the old was some cardboard material that just wasn't right for that old razor. So the the work started to refit the Johan Engström and give some dignity back to the old chap.
This is the outcome.
The next thing is to hone the Engström up on a jnat mikawa progression and testshave, maybe buff the blade up a bit before. But it is as good as done.
My first idea was to refit the CV Heljestrand MK 30 on them, but that wasn't going to happen.
The MK 30 is a 4/8 and the scales is for a 5/8. So i had to rethink what was going on those scales.
The Johan Hengström just cried out to get some new scales, the old was some cardboard material that just wasn't right for that old razor. So the the work started to refit the Johan Engström and give some dignity back to the old chap.
This is the outcome.
The next thing is to hone the Engström up on a jnat mikawa progression and testshave, maybe buff the blade up a bit before. But it is as good as done.
That looks great, I’m digging that frameback.
I just completed my first restoration. I did it all with handtools. It was definitely a learning experience. I believe the wood is bloodwood (it was unmarked in a scrap bin at the craft store) and it was nearly 3/8 an inch thick when I began. Making the wedge and peening were my toughest aspects. I had to use magnolia for the wedge as the bloodwood was just too hard to finely work by hand. I also had to repeen and I damaged the wood near the pivot when using flush cutters. I used tung oil on the wood. It took close to 35 hours to complete.
Overall, I'm satisfied with my first project.
Overall, I'm satisfied with my first project.
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Congrats for your first restoration.
It came out really nice. The peening looks awsome! Good job!
Who is the maker of the razor?
I am also new to the restoration part, but it is really rewarding, it is so nice being able to take a rusty old razor and bring it back to life.
Do you have any more project waiting?
Best regards
Mackis
Thanks. Good luck on your restorations.
I picked up two razors off the big auction site for $15 bucks, this one was stamped "SA". I tried to find out who "SA" was, but had no luck.
I'll post more photos tomorrow of my work as it was being completed. I started a thread a week, or so ago, as I was trying to identify the scrap wood.
I also just finished the sister blade that I picked up. It was in good shape except for needing some polishing. It is a "Thomas Mfg, Dayton". I bought a Dremel a couple days ago and I promptly chipped that blade when I was polishing. I posted that under another thread and I've completed the rework of the blade.
As far as other projects: yes, I purchased two large lots of blades and I've been sorting them and oiling the pivots. I'm going to start on a couple next week.
Cheers!
Did the testshave.
The honing was done on the Cretan hone as a first touch up.
Then it was on the Jnat with Tenjou, Mejira, Koma progression and at a finish a Tomo Nagura.
I finished with some leather stropping.
The razor shaves amazing!
Now i can start with the next project.
Its either rescaling the MK30 or the MK7.
All in all the job took me 20 hours, thats including, cleaning up the razor and honing it.
The most difficult was the problem encountered. The blade hit the scales, finding the culprit was timeconsuming.
There was two mistakes i did, but the biggest was that the inside of one of the scales wasn't level. After fixing that it is dead center now.
The second but i don't think it actually interfered, was that one of the scale was sligtly thicker than the other.
If that was one of the reasons or not i don't know, but i fixed both of the errors and that did the trick.
The first error is though my primary suspect.
Bog oak is a fantastic material to work with, i ended up just oiling it. The peening could be better. I will buff it up a bit more and give the blade a little more shine.
Do anyone of you know if anything canbe done to the spine. Im thinking of closing the hole in the front by soldering it.
Best regards
Mackis
The honing was done on the Cretan hone as a first touch up.
Then it was on the Jnat with Tenjou, Mejira, Koma progression and at a finish a Tomo Nagura.
I finished with some leather stropping.
The razor shaves amazing!
Now i can start with the next project.
Its either rescaling the MK30 or the MK7.
All in all the job took me 20 hours, thats including, cleaning up the razor and honing it.
The most difficult was the problem encountered. The blade hit the scales, finding the culprit was timeconsuming.
There was two mistakes i did, but the biggest was that the inside of one of the scales wasn't level. After fixing that it is dead center now.
The second but i don't think it actually interfered, was that one of the scale was sligtly thicker than the other.
If that was one of the reasons or not i don't know, but i fixed both of the errors and that did the trick.
The first error is though my primary suspect.
Bog oak is a fantastic material to work with, i ended up just oiling it. The peening could be better. I will buff it up a bit more and give the blade a little more shine.
Do anyone of you know if anything canbe done to the spine. Im thinking of closing the hole in the front by soldering it.
Best regards
Mackis
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Nice, i too have a dremel. Try the abrasive buffing wheel they have it in different grits, it is a fantastic tool. Way easier to follow the curves in the blade.
Good luck and keep posting your work!
Best regards
Mackis
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