Thread: Why did he waste his time? Scales and Razors.

Originally Posted by gugi

No, you wouldn't be banned for modifying Gold Dollars or showcasing them, or claiming they shave with the best, but it is still one of the stupidest things you've said.

What you want to note is that this site is not about promoting yourself, and saying how much you've learned but sharing that knowledge with others, not just taking from them.
You can do competitions and the self promotion elsewhere, but it is worth remembering that there were many stars before you over there, some bigger and brighter than you and now they're just black holes...

I for one totally disagree with Gugis post here - yet again he comes across as a self-opiniated know all. I would much rather have the opportunity of looking at these works of art than not so please do not delete the post Mycarver.

edit - I'd go so far as to say that Gigi owes an apology here - there is just no reason for his bad tempered outburst. Unfortunately it's not the first time it's happened.

No, I deleted them myself.
If it upsets some then it's not worth it.
Truthfully I don't know what has been posted, how to do what, what can be done, if it's been done, how do you do it. I thought this was a custom thread and I thought some of these fit that description. I meant no harm.
If this was seen as self promotion then fine, I took it down.If I put it in the wrong forum,,,, sorry.
But if it could have been a source of questions and answers then that's another thing. Till then off they go.
I left the first one up . If it has to go as well then fine .
Overkill on my part. Could be. But those who did see the shots,, did you have questions? I wouldn't have put them up thinking you wouldn't.

...... as a admin you should have taken that message in a pm IMO this will just cause drama. i get your point Gugi but there is a nicer way to inform your fellow members before you outburst with a negative tone.

Originally Posted by MrMagnus

...... as a admin you should have taken that message in a pm IMO this will just cause drama. i get your point Gugi but there is a nicer way to inform your fellow members before you outburst with a negative tone.

Yes, I should have, but I thought that his public accusation has to be addressed publicly. Probably got carried away with airing things that I should not have.

Nice Scales

Amazing work.

Gorgeous razors!

Well said JBHoren, I know you are a fellow frequenter of the SOTD, and I myself love the custom builds and restorations gallery. I've had several razors restored by Mycarver and I can't say enough about his professionalism as a craftsman and know he would gladly give his knowledge to others. And I for one don't think he needs to keep his cards close to his vest, as with anyone the work speaks for itself.

Sir you are a talented artisan!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by mycarver

On a recent post I showed a W&B with scales I made using Black Horn and Pearl acrylic inlays. I was asked to show other scales I've done. So here are just a few of them.

Now eventually you may ask, Why did he waste his time on these things? Well the short answer is , I learned a lot.

I learned how to build a variety of scales. To me , custom isn't cutting out some Micarta and calling it done. That's belly button material , everyone has one.
I learned to make my own acrylics. I learned how to inlay. To design. How to handle a variety of materials.
As to the razors?
Well it taught me how to handle a variety of situations. Better to learn on these than mess up someones pride and joy CVH, W&B or whatever as I'm restoring it.
Also.
I was told you can't do file work on tempered steel. It will never work. Can't be done. OK. I wanted to know just how far you can push it.Doing it on untempered steel is easy. Tempered , finished blades is another animal altogether.
Etching? I learned a thing or two. All of these blades were blank.
Here too this taught me valuable lessons in handling finished, tempered steel and just what you can do with it.
Several of these were done for a competition to see just what you can do with a finished blade. I'll tell you later what they are.
I'll probably get banned, but just enjoy them for what they represent.
Learning.

The first razor is the W&B with the Black Horn with pearl inlays that started the discussion and questions.
The rest of the photos are of a more complicated inlay with Rose wood, ivory, Brass and the modifications I did to a finished razor with the thumb notch, spine work, blade revisions etc.
It's all base on an angular perspective from the angles of the heel matching the toe of the blade, the spine bevel, the bevel off the nose of the blade, the tail has a matching bevel cut on the underside and you can see how small I was able to make the jimps on the underside of the spine ( the thumb notch wasn't there) as well as the rest of the modifications.
It was a GD.

Admiration and respect for beautiful work. You are a real artist.