Last weekend I picked up a Frederick Reynolds at a flea market for $15, the scales where shot but I loved the shape of the blade. I unpinned it yesterday and started polishing it. About half way through I noticed a some of the cotton sticking out of the blade, and there it was a nice little hairline crack about 1/2" away from the end of the blade. I was mad so I just put it aside and started working on some other blades. Today I decided that I had nothing to lose and just cut off the end to get rid of the crack.
I used my dremel too with a reinforced cutoff wheel on it. I had to go really slow using this because with the hollow ground blade it will over heat before you know it. After about 15 minutes of starting and stopping I got through it. Sanded it down to get rid of the cutting wheel marks, polished the hell out of it, and tada a bright and shiny 2" razor. No scales yet I have to order some 1/16" brass rod or some nuts and bolts from MF.
Here's a picture of it before with the crack marked in red marker
Here it is next to the same blade after the decapitation
Here's a picture of the end that I cut off
Lastly here's another of the razor by itself
I used my dremel too with a reinforced cutoff wheel on it. I had to go really slow using this because with the hollow ground blade it will over heat before you know it. After about 15 minutes of starting and stopping I got through it. Sanded it down to get rid of the cutting wheel marks, polished the hell out of it, and tada a bright and shiny 2" razor. No scales yet I have to order some 1/16" brass rod or some nuts and bolts from MF.
Here's a picture of it before with the crack marked in red marker
Here it is next to the same blade after the decapitation
Here's a picture of the end that I cut off
Lastly here's another of the razor by itself