Thread: Kropp 6/8 in Indian Rosewood

Hi everyone,
this is my second restore/rescale project.

After I honed a Kropp for a customer, I set out to buy a few decent condition Kropp's for myself. They are made with a high quality steel that takes a great edge.

As I am a musical instrument maker ( I make the Oud which is a very popular arabian lute) I have many off cuts of exotic woods which are perfect for scales. I am using indian rosewood here as I love to work with it, the wedge is BC bigleaf maple and the style is based on the thiers issard scales which I like very much.

I am also posting the steps I take to make several identical scales in one go. I am planning to make this razor a twin as soon as I receive the blade. I cut out a big blank on the bandsaw and then saw off as many scales as it will yield. I use a push stick so I dont get my fingers any closer than 3 inches away from the moving blade, half way through the cut I switch the grip to pull the peice out as oposed to pushing it.

thanks,
hope you like it.

Nice wood there. I dig the shape. If you could progress a bit to thin the wedge and contour-sand the edges on the next one. Good Job!!

As above, those scales are way to thick,also a wedge would look alot better than a spacer,not dissin, JMO

Thanks for the pointers I always apreciate.

The spacer does have a slight angle to it but I understand you are saying it would be nicer if it was a more pronounced angle that goes to a fine line.

the scales arent super thick, I beleive its because they are left square that you dont get the visual illusion of them being thiner. My first restore was with rounded scales and I wanted to see what it would look like left square. I guess not everyone digs it.

Nice work Samir. I like the woods and the square edge and yes adding a bit of taper to the wedge would look good.

I don't make scales Samir, but as i understand, most woods do not "bend" like other materials. A spacer is sometimes the only answer. I was just noting if the spacer was thin to the point that the blade stopped on the scales where you want it to sit, it would be much thinner. Just my observation! I am guilty of looking at too many razors, though!