Thread: 2 night. W&B and a Tower Brand.

Did these this evening. The W&B was a bit iffy in spots but it came out nicely. Black horn scales with original wedge.
The J. Holler Tower brand was so nice I only had to start at 320 grit to clean it up.
I have a thing for red. I used paint from my car ( touch up paints) to make the acrylic for my scales. Crimson Red Pearl. It doesn't show the true color here but imagine a Candy Apple that you peel the coating off and make some scales with it. That's it. A white ivory wedge completes the razor.

And the J. Holler Tower Brand.

Very nice!
And the red scales seem intriguing to say the least.
Don't feel bad about not getting the depth to show in the pictures,
some days I feel lucky to get the subject to show in mine.

Thanks pfries,
But oh I do. I wish you could see this thing as I can see it. The photos look terrible to say the least. In person the red is vivid. Here is just looks sort of orangeish,,, kinda reddish,, kinda blah! I want to lick it and believe I'll taste a Cherry lollipop.

This is a bit closer, shot against my car. Yeah, you're right, I need help.

Nahhh you don't need help we are all misfits of some sort.

You could always pick up photography as another hobby,
if you take to it like you have the restorations you will have it down in no time.

Oh gee, thanks for the vote of confidence. One razor nut to another!
The blind leading the blind.
Preaching to the choir.
One junkie to another.
Honor among thieves.
etc. etc. etc.

First I'm matching razors to my brushes,, now my car, and you call it a "misfit"? One of us needs help and I think it's you.
But hey, if it's OK with you that your the last one on your block who's razor doesn't match his car it's not my fault.

Originally Posted by mycarver

Oh gee, thanks for the vote of confidence. One razor nut to another!
The blind leading the blind.
Preaching to the choir.
One junkie to another.
Honor among thieves.
etc. etc. etc.

First I'm matching razors to my brushes,, now my car, and you call it a "misfit"? One of us needs help and I think it's you.
But hey, if it's OK with you that your the last one on your block who's razor doesn't match his car it's not my fault.

If we are matching our razors to our cars, could you please make the following:
Dirty off whitish,
Layer of dust,
Some cobwebs with bits of plants stuck to it,
Lots of hail dents,
Some other miscellaneous dents,
Broken plastic bits,
Thank you
Ed

Those look like really nice restoration jobs. I really like the way the Tower came out.

Color can be a hard bit to nail, but at least when it comes to something like the color on the scales you'll be the only one who would know if it's off.

Best (unsolicited) advice I'd have off the top of my head is to watch the color temperature. If shooting where there's mixed lighting, like daylight coming in through the window and a tungsten bulb above. It can be a lot tougher to get the color right. Try setting the color of the light on the camera - usually marked as 'WB' (White Balance) for the conditions of the shot. If not on the camera, a lot of photo editors have the ability to set the base temperature.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

If we are matching our razors to our cars, could you please make the following:
Dirty off whitish,
Layer of dust,
Some cobwebs with bits of plants stuck to it,
Lots of hail dents,
Some other miscellaneous dents,
Broken plastic bits,
Thank you
Ed

What you're describing is what this razor had on it when I started.

Thanks janitor, I'll have to play around some more