Thread: Clauss on crack

some before pics
6/8 clauss, had a funky looking heel and mostly just light oxidation

cleaned up a bit and adjusted the heel

funky scales in red & black G10, white G10 wedge, brass pins and stacked collars. funky design for a customer, wanted something "unique, short scales" I know its not everyones cup of tea but let me know what you think.

Hey if he is happy then it is all good!
Nice job

I like it!! How does it feel in the hands?

Interesting. Got a pic of it open straight for stropping? How do the scales and tang fit together? Just curious. Looks like you filled the brief nicely.
Adam

Walterbowens-feels surprisingly sweet both at the hones and the strop as well as fully opened and held to the face in shaving posture. that's of the utmost importance to me when I design. if it don't feel balanced and strop efficiently I take it apart and scrap that design! as I was doing this one I was extremely skeptical because of the double jog in the scales but if you draw a line down connecting the pins, I tried to keep the mass equal and fairly mirrored on both sides of that line. came out balanced, im happy, customer is happy with pics, sending it out tomorrow for the real test......will they like the shave

I like it, nice design work!

I have quite a few Clauss razors so this post caught my eye. It looks like it might be a pain to strop?? I have a Dovo La Forme with the curved handle and it is a pain in the *** to strop. Nice work

it strops surprisingly well, i was worried about the balance when i was designing it but it turned out perfect. i think the problem with the "la forme" is in the balance of the handle, it wants to "flop" back and forth while stropping rather than rotating the mass around a centered line.