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Thread: George Savage XX Patent Tempered - A rare 8/8 beauty!

  1. 01-07-2014, 03:56 PM #1
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    Default George Savage XX Patent Tempered - A rare 8/8 beauty!

    So I've been working on this for quite a few weeks on and off. Its a monster near wedge blade - really heavy! Purchased as the blade only, off ebay. Overall it was in good condition, but had two annoying spots of pitting on both sides, where the blade settled against the scales when closed. Been working at it gradually with the greaseless over the last few weeks - taking my time!

    I'm very pleased with how it has come out. There is still some minor pitting towards the blade edge, but it hasn't affected the honed edge at all, and to have removed it would have meant sacrificing some blade width - and I didn't want to do that!

    I hand cut and shaped the brass wedge - and I like the result. The only part that isn't my work is the buffalo horn scales - maybe at some stage I will try my hand and making scales from scratch myself.

    After all the work that has gone into it, I was frankly quite nervous wondering how well it would hone - thankfully it was insanely easy using just the rolling X stroke, on 1k, 2k, 5k, 8k and finally 12k Naniwas. It is brutally sharp, and I couldn't be happier that I will now have this razor in my rotation.

    I don't think my phone's camera is doing it justice, but nevertheless...here it is - Enjoy! (Hopefully!!)













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  2. 01-07-2014, 04:26 PM #2
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    Very nice!! Indeed, vey nice.
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    That is a real beauty...right up my alley. Nice classic lines on the scales. Top notch on this one...

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    Oucchhhh

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    Nice work! Sweet and scarce blade, that one!
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    I rest my case.
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    I like the smile on this blade. Nice work there, sir.
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    Very nice work.

    Thank's for posting it.
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    Now thats a razor!!
    Well done!!

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    Thanks for posting. You don't see Savages like this a lot. You're a lucky man.
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    That's excellent work, the razor has great lines throughout. I'm taking notes, thank you.

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