The color of that horn and the finish you achieved looks great. Nicely done sir.
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The color of that horn and the finish you achieved looks great. Nicely done sir.
A very nice achievement, indeed! I think the lighting of the photography does the dark, brown colour justice. Only the pinning left for the finishing touch :)
Very nice, indeed.
errr... I mean, horrible pitting near the tang. Price of shipping and two days and I'll knock it down.
Beautiful. Where do you get the sponges at?
I echo what everyone else has said.
WRT "steadying technique": Nothing works like a tripod. Having said that, there are more practical alternatives at-hand -- a bean bag (literally, a bag of beans... or two), a bag of rice or lentils -- something that you can easily reshape to support your camera, at the height required.
Smooth shaving!
Barlow's are fantastic razors. Their steel is exceptional. I restored one for a friend that was an excellent blade - this one is a fine example. Love those scales.
Enjoy
Finally finished the second razor of a matched pair of James Barlow's so I figured I better post some updated pics to this old thread...
I have many 'pairs' and sets of matched razors, W&B, Rodgers, Mappin, Greaves, Wostenholm etc. but I do believe these two are now my favorites. There's something about the profile of these heavy hollow ground, slightly shorter 2 3/4 length and full 7/8 width blades that just feel 'right' to me. The shave is wonderful and I would compare the feel and shave of these two to a Filarmonica #14. That's how good they are!
Original restored horn scales, and finally got some replacement bulls-eye washers to finish these off. All I have left to do is to pin these beauty's up...
Hope you like 'em...
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Wow those are stunning! Great job buddy. And 10pups can't even rag on you for not pinning them!