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    Laurens, I think it is against forum rules to disclose the name of a vendor; anyway I'm not sure if it is allowed. It could be considered as commercial promotion. So I'll introduce him by means of a private message.
    I agree with you that vintage razors are to be kept in their original state. For that reason I try to lay hands on razors that are stripped from their scales of with malfunctioning or damaged ones. Sometimes I run against a razor, for instance a Filarmonica with such horrible scales that I do not hesitate to damage the integrity of the razor knowing that I do not enjoy myself only with a good rescaling job but especially when I'm shaving with it or maintaining it. It sounds selfish but when I'm convinced that rescaling is an aesthetical and utilitarian improvement, the originals disappear in the dustbin. Even when it is a new razor like a Wacker 7/8 I recently achieved with horrible birdy num num wooden scales which were immediately replaced by Cocobolo ones.
    By the way, I said goodbye to pinning. I switched to microbolts/nuts most of the time in brass.
    I live at the Keizerstraat. I'll publish some more fotographs in this thread. When you like them we could arrange an appointment. I'll have to make the pics first because I'm not a fanatic fotographer of my own work. Actually, the pic I added hereabove, was the first one I ever published so I had to experience and practise how it works.
    The reason for adding the pic was showing a cheap vintage razor. The ebony scales are not in a perfect proportion and do not exist in the depicted form anymore.

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    I don't know. I think they are fun to mess with. Blank canvasses. I was told to regard them as half-finished blanks and just go for it. My favorite razor is a highly modified Gold Dollar, shaves just as good as any I have, takes and holds an edge quite well. I have a couple that I am working on myself, hoping to get results like that. I think it is cool to be able to take a "razor shape object" and turn it into something nice with just my own two hands, a piece of wood, and a scrap of brass. Here is one of my projects in progress.

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    One of these days I will mess around with some vintage razors that need restoring. But these $4 razors I can get a little crazy with if I feel like it. I don't feel like I am wasting my time with the GD. I already got one that shaves great and looks great so I know it can be done. And it will be cool to shave with a razor that basically, I made out of a razor shaped piece of steel from China.
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