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This was partially inspired by the Electric Razor I restored recently as well as the Japanese frameback I just restored and posted. Here is the Elliot I spoke of in reference where I just cleaned up the blade and then made up the scales for it in Ivory. I happened to have some extra stock after duplicating scales for my Drew 7 day boxed set.
The wedge is black horn with brass liners.
Hope you enjoy.
Mycarver,,,,I've been wondering when you would post more of your work,,,,I have been missing these beautiful restorations,,,,keep up the great work,,,,
Oh I've still been building razors . About 50 over the past few months but I've been crazy busy with work. The job I'm currently doing is just insane!
So I had to take a bit of time and do something for myself.
And just tonight I picked up another 60 razors for my collection. Meaning,,,, more work to do.
Those scales are something else, wow.
Bob
This is the Electric razor that I had to repair cracks and replace missing pieces that inspired this ivory piece.
That is amazing workmanship, must have been a lot of hours involved. Very nice.
Thanks and yes it did eat up some time as it was my first attempt at carving Ivory. Now that I have this under my belt I'll get faster knowing how it responds and it opens up so many other avenues. I've also been working on some Skrimshaw, and I think other versions of carved scales as well as carved inserts for other scales might prove interesting. Then I won't have to depend on plastic which doesn't respond well in scales such as these that I built.
Amazing, very beautiful work!
The Elliot is not really my style... but I sure could get used to it!
Just wow!
Not my cup of tea,but amazing work.
Mycarver,Quote:
Originally Posted by mycarver
You are SO talented. Each of us is blessed with talents but some are unfortunate not to discover them. Work and return to your work again and again. It's a gift. Never let it go to waste. Extraordinary.
Holy Mother of Gawd...those are some of the best looking razors I've ever seen!
And they look like they probably shave superbly!
The razors in the F Reynolds photo I particularly like...do you ever sell your work?
Oh no ,, it won't be everyone's cup of tea. But after doing several hundred wood, bone , horns,, I had to do something different for myself.Many have said of other restorations,, "that blade should have a black horn scale". Well,,yeah, but.
Lets face it, you won't see many others like it. And with China's fascination with carved Ivory it somehow seemed a natural with this blade. I'll have fun with it. Besides I just bought another 67 razors today and I'm sure many of them will be straight up restos. I grabbed another 4 W&B's to add to my 30, more DD Satin edges to add to my Goldedges, Torreys, Artists, Genevas, and Gencos, Wosty's, Worchesters, 5 more Spikes, Pearl Kings, Le Coutoure, and at 400 razors one carved Ivory won't make a difference. Sometimes you just have to break the mold and see what can be done.There are plenty of black horn razors out there and I'll build many more.
Thank you very much gentlemen!
As to me selling my work I have to say no in a way. Meaning, I don't sell my personal razors ( 400 or so ) where I do the off beat pieces which I love. I've been after Glen for 6 months or more now to become a vendor but apparently my work has to be approved by some panel or so he keeps telling me. I built a site, do resto's on other forums but we'll see .
But for off beat scales ( certainly not everyone's cup of tea ) here are some others I had fun building. I made all the acrylics you see, did the etchings, sculpted the blades with the "file work" and just had fun with these. Yeah, I took a walk on the wild side. Being a professional carver and artist cut me some slack.
Some beautys the for sure, the 6th pic where the scales looks peeled had my eyes open wide, love it.
Fun to see how some people can create things in very different styles, some I love, others are for others to love.
They are very pretty scales fantastic job.
Not usually what would strike my fancy, but I gotta say those ivory scales are just beautiful. You can see the hours of work that went into those and it was definitely worth it! Well done sir :tu
Couldn't find you in vendors corner...could you provide more info please?
Thanks, and stunning work!
Duuude, AWWWSOME!
Might I say that those scales are stunningly appropriate to a "Chinese Razor". Took my breath away, even had to show it to my wife (I usually shield her from razor porn). Love it.
Beautiful razor. The scales are sick. Sweeeeet.
Luis
Those razors are stunning! The scales on the first two are phenomenal - absolutely stunning. Fantastic work, man!
very nice work,.. the carving is exceptional as well , keep on the good work and all the best :)!
Thanks again guys. And believe it or not 6 of them are Gold Dollars!
Stunning work. In my mind that is very old school, like the insanely carved ivory scales from the mid-late 1800s (they don't pop up because they're all tucked away in private collections). Any chance you can comment on your process? (what tools did you use, how did you do the carving and the polishing, etc.?)
Gorgeous works, fantastic scales, Sir!
yes I would gladly sign under the post request about how you workflow on these carvings was,... !
67 razors! save some for the rest of us! Beautiful craftsmanship BTW.
Those scales are fantastic...
OK guys. I'll put together some pics of the sequence of building these scales and post it for you. Not much but it'll give you the general idea of what the mechanics are. It's actually the same process of what I do daily with my carving. I've also stumbled upon some scrimshaw along the way which I also plan to incorporate in some future scales. Cool!
You are truly blessed with a talent, most of us will never know. Thank you for sharing.
I don't care how old you are, I want you to adopt this old man so I can sit and look at the whole collection as I age out of the picture. I am a fabric artist and I recognize pure creative talent when I see it. You, sir are on the level of artists I won't name because they would be honored to be associated with you because they can't live up to the look and feel of your work. Never stop posting pic, we all need inspiration often from these 'objects' you create. Gold Dollar, Smold Dollar, I think you could make a blade out of aluminum foil look good. Thank you for the visual feast.
I'm at a loss for words to express my gratitude. Being a fellow artist you know what I am saying. And somehow just saying "thank you " seems so lame. But knowing you understand it makes it all worthwhile.
Thank you.
My pleasure.
Absolutely stunning, what else can I say. its like Nicole Scherzinger of the razor world
Rafal
truthfully I had to do a quick google. Her or this razor? Gimme' a moment I'm still thinking. I can build lots of razors but a chance like that.......
Wait till you see the one I'm currently working on. A Japanese razor,, some Cherry Blossoms, and I think I got the hang of carving Ivory. I think it'll be sweet.
Yes, I'll be posting it.
This gentleman has an unusual talent and has obviously persued it. He needs little or no encouragement but deserves ooooodles of recognition for his maginficent work. Kudos my friend.