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    Congratulations Tom. For your patience, mastering the skills of restoration and your love of the what was nearly the lost art of the straight razor shave.
    I look forward to following your progress with these sets.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarkus View Post
    So Tom whats the next 2 candidates in the restore rotation???
    I am thinking of alternating the really good ones. Next time will be a Henckels 38 in bone and a Clauss in pearl!
    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out".
    I rest my case.

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    I clearly remember Tom mentioning doing this on the American knife Co thread, good for you Tom, the Holly looks amazing, keep up posted on your progress!

    Your neighbor is quite talented.


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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    I am thinking of alternating the really good ones. Next time will be a Henckels 38 in bone and a Clauss in pearl!
    How long did it take you to build the parts inventory? One here one there must of been years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarkus View Post
    How long did it take you to build the parts inventory? One here one there must of been years.
    To be honest, I can go back to 2008 on the pearl ones. Seems as someone paid a pile for an uncracked one with a nice blade, even damaged ones were going high. Waiting for things to calm down made a better buy, sometimes making offers. These pearl scales seem to (mostly) have been relegated to desk drawers for letter-openers for decades! Finding them dirty and uncracked with damaged blades came around rarely. Most had W&B or Rogers blades, a few had Holler and other Geman makes. The bone ones were underappreciated for a long while with worn and broken mostly German blades and were picked up along the way. The decision of what to do with them has been more recent as my collection of Henckels and American razors matured.
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    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out".
    I rest my case.

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    That is truly a masterwork of patience. Looks great!

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    Cool idea. Very nice execution. I also really like your pictures. I'm hooked.

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