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Just got this thing off the hones right before doing my civic duty yesterday. The blade is 13/16 and pretty pristine, longer than the 5/8 models. Such nice blades made with such cruddy scales. Oh well. I seem to have fixed THAT! :roflmao
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Just starting your day with a razor like that, make a difference,,,,,,,,,:tu
Looks great!
Great New York steel, in gorgeous scales --- that's a terrific razor, enjoy it!
Tom, tell me about the scales,,, did you make or buy them, if so please PM me the vendor.
HA! Just another example of a blade bought here and some vintage scales acquired there, John. Diving into the pile and coming up with something different!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
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My thanks, Guys!:bow I seem to be on a crazy cell jag these days. If it does not make me smile, I don't like doing it! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stimpy52
That is a cool combo dude. Nice wide Top-Flight a rare bird indeed.
And how in the world did they make those scales? So many color changes with consistent spacings. Geeze.
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Well BRUCE?
I voted and didn't get a cute sticker. Got turned away at the first place I went to. Naturally that one is close to the house, so I had to drive 4 miles in the opposite direction to make my statement. I used my CHL for my ID verification. The little girl looked at it, showed it to her neighbor on the desk and the neighbor looked at it and told her NO PROBLEM, that's as good as a DL any day of the week for us. :)
As usual, you've gone and knocked another one out of the park.
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Carry on
Thanks, My Friend! :D I wonder that too. Slick as glass. Thought they may stack up the material and heat-bond it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarkus
Cut slabs from it? I would love to see how they did LOTS of these things. I suppose by looking at modern techniques and adding a hammer and screwdriver sometimes makes sense. Neil will know! ;)
Ya I went in and told em I was Wullie. They said 'Wullie who?". I said "Wullie get to vote?" They gave me a ticket! :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wullie
What the hell is wrong with showing ID and your name being on the list? That wasn't on the ballot. Oh...................
This is Texas! :tu Thanks, Brother!
Lovely razor, Tom!
If the scales are celluloid, which they look to be, then they were made in the same way as the ivory effect celluloid scales. These consisted of poured layers of alternating layers of ivory-coloured and milky-clear coloured celluloid, and the pouring went on until a reasonably thick block was produced.
While still wet and 'green' it was sawn into strips at an angle, then pressed back into a block again and seasoned. It was then re-cut and you got all the ivory patterns in it depending on how the first cut was made and how the green block was pressed back together.
Striped celluloid was done a similar way - the layers poured in the same quantity one on top of the other either sliced while green and pressed together again, or sawn into thin strips after seasoning.
One fountainpen maker, Vacumatic, I think, exhausted their stock and since it is no longer available artisans who fix these pens have resorted to cutting thin strips of different coloured celluloids and gluing them together to make a sheet - a very time consuming and costly exercise.
Candy stripe celluloid was used on a number of razors and knives - Case Bros made some, for instance.
Real cellulose - cellulose nitrate - is a very problematical material as far as long term life and storage is involved, but the candy stripe pattern was used with this version first. Later, it was used with Cellulose Acetate. Some people can tell the difference just by feel - cellulose nitrate is slightly warm to the touch and feels like it is slightly wet or oiled as the fingers slip over it with ease, giving it a really nice feel. Cellulose Acetate on the other hand feels like most modern plastics, slightly cool. shiny and smooth but not with that same oily feeling that the cellulose nitrate has.
Both break down over time. Cellulose Nitrate releases a vapour of nitric acid, while celluloid acetate releases a vapour of acetic acid (vingar smell) both of which corrode metal.
Regards,
Neil
Great job!! I love the Patriotic Theme!! :tu
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I suppose there were as many formulas for Celluloid as there were makers. Some seem to me to be much better in the long run as others. For instance as in the old Case striped ones you referred to. Those things crumble if you look at them. I am thinking they are of Cellulose Nitrate. Adversely, these on two Genevas I restored a while back are rock-solid with no signs of shrinkage or warpage and feel like modern plastic as do the ones on this Top Flight (Which were originally on a Cattaraugus). From your description, I am supposing these are of Cellulose Acetate.
Love the scales. I'm usually into natural materials for scales, but those are fantastic. Beautiful blade as well. Good show!
Really cool scales!
Wait, is this the french flag
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or the russian
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'Cause both the texan and the usa-ian have the blue differently plus one or more stars :p
Wow all that work involved, for something that back in the day would fetch what, a few dollars for the latest straight razor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil Miller
Seems like alot a work for little payout, plus how many scales could one generate with a celluloid laminate block?
Granted they are incredible.
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Soooo. It COULD be red, white and blue. OR blue white and red. OR white red and blue. Perhaps blue, red and white?
I suppose it depends on which side of the razor you look at and where you start looking.
Makes me dizzy! :p
Good thinking - you don't want to be thrown in jail over voter fraud just for being Bruce...Quote:
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Ain't THAT the truth!.. Not to mention being Bruce and in jail could not be a good thing! :eek:Quote:
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What a beautiful razor to celebrate France!Quote:
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or Switzerland - that's where Geneva is, right?
Don't they have a big convention there?Quote:
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Nice one Tom! Love the scales...:tu
no, I think the one in Guantanamo, Cuba trumped itQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Thanks, Mike! ;) I know you are a fan of the big heavies, but these Top Flights are the thinnest, smoothest things going.Quote:
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Love em!
Thanks! Some days, I think I have awoken in France! :)Quote:
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No worries, John! With Phrank being Canadian and all it means.......Almost nothing! :rofl2:Quote:
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Or does it? The French and Canadians have traditionally been allied with the U.S.
To me, it's all-American. I see Burrell as the last of the Case Family razor producers. He married one of WR's daughters. Cranked up and spit out tons of knives, razors, and other surgical items for the war effort during WWII alongside of Carl Monkhouse doing same from the same building in Ellicottville.
All to support our country at a time when patriotism was forefront.
To me, It exudes that period of my country and the advancements made during that period of strife.
I would be willing to bet that other countries never improved upon razors during WWII. Just cranked out what was there. In New York, two men were reinventing American grinds to perfection. Never saw an advertisement for a Top-Flight razor. Nor a Carl Monkhouse Ellicottville razor. Perhaps there were none? Only the best! JMO
