Fenney - Tally Ho - Full Custom Mod

Take a nice razor, unfortunately it was cracked at the heel :boohoo: just in front of the shoulder, so I took that and modded out the heel, once we knew that we had solid steel I polished out the blade then made new Volcano Acrylic scales.. NiAg pins and double stacked SS washers on the outside, solid Brass on the inside ...

Scales are at .110 thick, the Black G10 wedge is at .060 at the outside end...

Honing = Chosera 1-5-10, Select Coticule finish




The Blade:

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The Razor:

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Thanks for looking

Now those are some good lookin' scales!!! Material?

Nicely done Glen. I've always liked the Tally Ho's and you definitely did this one justice in saving it.

As Always! A MASTER at work! Very Nice my friend Very Nice Indeed!!

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Quite like that heel, that's nice. That'd be just the thing for cutting around one's beard and moustache thingy...

Great save Glen, blade looks great and scales remind me of JBF Champlin Galvanic that i like so much!

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I have a set of Vintage scales nearly identical to them also Martin, kinda cool when you think about it... :)

Wonderful! Thanks, Glen, for such beautiful work! Can't wait to shave with her!

Thought those scales were Cocobolo at first.
Very nice.

Great job! like it alot.

A superb save and great finish to a super looking modded razor, looks better than the original.

That's some nice work as per usual, Glen. I really like what you did with the heel damage. Way to go! :)

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Originally Posted by Durhampiper

Wonderful! Thanks, Glen, for such beautiful work! Can't wait to shave with her!

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I really look forward to hearing what you think, the edge honed up easier than I ever imgined it was going to be possible, between the Mods and the polishing I expected to have to work for the edge but It popped a tiny little bevel and just smooth as silk..

Never even thought about shaping the heel like that. Very nice. I think it flows better now with the change!

dont necessarilly like the color of the scales...
but the shape of, and the heel mod/save i love!

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Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Never even thought about shaping the heel like that. Very nice. I think it flows better now with the change!

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Yes, I've admired that look for some time. But I've only ever seen it on razors that had a crack in the heel--never seen one made that way to begin with.

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

I really look forward to hearing what you think, the edge honed up easier than I ever imgined it was going to be possible, between the Mods and the polishing I expected to have to work for the edge but It popped a tiny little bevel and just smooth as silk..

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Oh, man, you're killin' me! With my luck, I bet I'll be out of town when she arrives. Color me delayed gratification.

Really like that acrylic G. :tu
Did you give that razor a bit of a regrind also ?

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Really like that acrylic G. :tu
Did you give that razor a bit of a regrind also ?

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Just at the heel Oz, I only polished the sides..

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

Just at the heel Oz, I only polished the sides..

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Just seemed a bit slimmer in the pics than the Fenney wedges I've seen.

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Originally Posted by onimaru55

Just seemed a bit slimmer in the pics than the Fenney wedges I've seen.

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It wasn't a wedge when I bought it--whoever hollowed it did it a long while ago.

That's a nice looking restore. I like it better without the shoulder.

Very nice work indeed:bow

Tally-ho! She was waiting in my mailbox when I went home for lunch today, so I'll be shaving with her the next several shaves. I'll let you know how they go.

Envious!
Mr. Sixgun did an amazing job.

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Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Envious!
Mr. Sixgun did an amazing job.

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Yep, he's definitely the go-to guy. This is the second restore he's done for me. The first was a vintage restore of a smiling 6/8 Sprock in real ivory scales that had to be unpinned, and he brought it off without a hitch. And it's one of my favorite razors--always delivers a great, comfortable shave. I have great expectations of the Tally Ho.

Excellent work as usual, Glen. Great job with the heel.

Nice save on the Tally Ho Glen, looks great. Like what you did with it. Best Regards Ken

Ohohohoho, what a sweet, lovely shaver! The edge felt incredibly keen on my face but with not even the ghost of a hint of harshness--just smoother than silk. I may need to mute the heel point; with some of my ATG angles, it came close to becoming an issue this morning--or maybe I just modify what I do a bit in this instance. I'm lovin' it! Thanks, Glen!

LOL I almost muted that point before I sent it out and decided to leave it and let you decide :) should just take 1-3 angled runs along the edge of a stone to safe it a bit...

I was really happy with that edge like I said above it was very well behaved on the hones from the get, but then again those Tally Ho razors have always been smooth shavers :)

As always a good save there Glenn. :)

Another uber-superb shave this morning. I think I'm going to leave the heel point alone for now.

Well, I've shaved with her 3 days in a row now, so I guess I better get back to my regular rotation. Each shave was just great--the edge is so keen that I think the whiskers are jumping off just ahead of the edge. Seriously, this baby sets the bar for the optimum combo of comfort and keenness. And to Glen: :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow