i while back i was pm'ing with shakin jake and he told me about a razor he loved that had broken in the tang area..... i told him to ship it to me and i would fix it..... i had said i was 98.4% sure i could do it with no problem... so i got the blade in the mail....... i opened the package and then went to make sure it was dull by rubbing the edge on a piece of glass...... and promptly dropped it and broke the tip.... not a good start...... anyway..... here is it when i went to work on it....
clamped to a heat sink and ready to TIG up.......
here is is welded up......... notice i was able to keep the HAZ *(heat affected zone) wayyyyyy away from the cutting edge...
anyway...... the tang was slightly bent... so i carefully heated it up and straightened it out.... then there was the tiniest bit of twist that was going to cause trouble with closing properly.......
so i carefully heated it again and was removing the twist when i put my thumb through the cutting edge............
i had it alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmost there and i blew it...... jake i am really sorry i tried my best on this one....
but i know now i can repair one.....
look... no damage to blade temper....
clamped to a heat sink and ready to TIG up.......
here is is welded up......... notice i was able to keep the HAZ *(heat affected zone) wayyyyyy away from the cutting edge...
anyway...... the tang was slightly bent... so i carefully heated it up and straightened it out.... then there was the tiniest bit of twist that was going to cause trouble with closing properly.......
so i carefully heated it again and was removing the twist when i put my thumb through the cutting edge............
i had it alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmost there and i blew it...... jake i am really sorry i tried my best on this one....
but i know now i can repair one.....
look... no damage to blade temper....