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08-01-2008, 09:03 PM
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Henckels 60
Hi gents,
This is a J.A.Henckels #60 straight razor I rescued from a flea market.
It has still a lot of scratches, so it's not with what you call a "mirror finish".
I removed the dirt, hand sanded it, but some pitting remained. And I'm yet to find and buy the proper polishing wheels to give it a good finish.
What I like most about this is not the actual looks, but how it turned out a great shaver. I honed it with my belgians, CrO and after some stropping it entered in my daily rotation.
Here it is:
Last edited by Leon; 08-02-2008 at 12:27 PM.
Reason: Put bigger pics - Thanks Alex
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08-01-2008, 09:43 PM
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That's a great find Leon! Nice work on it too. Any bigger pics? I can't seem to enlarge them even when I go to the photobucket page or whatever it was. Congrats on it though!
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08-02-2008, 12:32 PM
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You're right, Alex, they were indeed small pics. I've uploaded them again.
As you can see, there are some scratches that I'm unable to remove because I can't seem to find the proper tools to do that...
Is there any topic that describes the steps to produce a mirror finish with power tools, what compounds to use, what wheels to use, for how long, etc. I've been reading some threads about this, but I've yet to understand in detail how can I achieve the mirror finisn step-by-step.
Well, the good news is that it's one hell of a shaver.
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08-02-2008, 03:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leon
You're right, Alex, they were indeed small pics. I've uploaded them again.
As you can see, there are some scratches that I'm unable to remove because I can't seem to find the proper tools to do that...
Is there any topic that describes the steps to produce a mirror finish with power tools, what compounds to use, what wheels to use, for how long, etc. I've been reading some threads about this, but I've yet to understand in detail how can I achieve the mirror finisn step-by-step.
Well, the good news is that it's one hell of a shaver.
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emphasis added.
Of course it is. It's a Henckels!
Nice work, btw.
John P.
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08-02-2008, 05:10 PM
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Nice find!
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08-04-2008, 02:54 AM
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You may want to visit the "hand sanding how to" thread?
Handsanding howto
And this check out website:
Tox|k's homemade drum sander
There are a few more threads on polishing in the forms.
Hope this helps
A
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leon
You're right, Alex, they were indeed small pics. I've uploaded them again.
As you can see, there are some scratches that I'm unable to remove because I can't seem to find the proper tools to do that...
Is there any topic that describes the steps to produce a mirror finish with power tools, what compounds to use, what wheels to use, for how long, etc. I've been reading some threads about this, but I've yet to understand in detail how can I achieve the mirror finisn step-by-step.
Well, the good news is that it's one hell of a shaver.
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