Thread: Marchand, Paris restore?

Once again: Looks Great!

Shave report will be interesting. I do hope it's outstanding.

About the missing letters, isn't it wonderful that those 'in the know' are willing to help out?

You're so right my friend!
I just finished honing it this minute. At first I thought it wasn't steel but Tungsten. And such a relatively thin blade. But once the bevel was there it was easy going . A cursory HHT lets them drop silently. Just a clue. So I'll see how the shave goes .

Such beautiful work.

amazing detail on both scales and razor!

It might sound a bit naff but your work always leaves me dumfounded, you are truly gifted.

Thanks so much guys.

As a follow up , this thing can shave! As some have told me " you started with a flea bay $30.00 POS razor"! Maybe. But even at that it certainly does the job admirably.

The blade is low grade one, "suprème tranchant" means "suprem cutting power", I think it'll looks mutch better with a big english wedge from the 1840/50 as the scale model are from that time, and not a crapy french razor from 1920...

Those french frameback were very low and popular grade, I have never see one with ivory scale. I do have a lot of old french razor.

I neither never see a french ivory carved scale...

It just goes to show, even a common low grade razor back in the day can be turned into a work of art by a skilled artisan. It is like Cate Moss, you could dress any blade in those scales and it would still look stunning.

Thank you for such a thoughtful and gracious reply Charlie .

The intent of building these razors wasn't to try and recreate a piece from the early 1800's. If it were I wouldn't have picked this particular blade . Instead I would have chosen a more particular blade from the several hundred I have in my collection. Not a blade that I do know is of relatively little value.
Nor would I have carved it in this style . It's not the type of carving done at that time from references I have.

I can do these scales all day every day as well as switch them to any razor I choose. It's only a scale after all . So whether one has or has not appeared on a French blade is of no consequence to me.
It's for my own enjoyment and therefore I build what I wanted to see.

Had I been building it for someone else. You for example . Then is build it to your specifications and use the blade you'd wish to have.

But thank you for your input and opinion .

Thank you too crackers. I'm glad you understand.

Originally Posted by Crackers

It just goes to show, even a common low grade razor back in the day can be turned into a work of art by a skilled artisan. It is like Cate Moss, you could dress any blade in those scales and it would still look stunning.

Thanks .
But maybe in the future for early Sheffield's from the 1800's or even blades from the 1920's I'll use something like G-10, Micarta ( just band saw it. Sand it and call it unique and "custom" for restores) or Kinnerite as that seems more appropriate and fitting material to use today . Though I've never built a razor with those .