Humpback Rattler

[karlej]

This one was fun. Frederick Reynolds bright crocus type finish, rattler ground blade just a tad less then a 7/8. The original dyed horn scales were broken at the pivot end and bug eaten. Faux turtle (polyester) at .110 thick replaced the originals with a lead wedge and brass pins and collars. Honed up and shaved sweet.
The before picture is from eBay. Sorry about that. I didn't think to take before pictures.

The light box makes the pictures look more professional I guess but they don't do the blade finish and scale color justice IMHO so I've included a picture from this morning in natural light.

[ejmolitor37]

Boy that sure is a beautiful razor, well done.

[Leatherstockiings]

Fabulous work there, Karl. That is one heck of a finish.

[RezDog]

the blade is very nice but I am quite enthralled with the scales.

[Ullmencott]

A very nice blade indeed. Well done.

[mglindo]

Yup! Real Nice one there!


Mike

[JOB15]

Very nice. I wonder what the shave will be like.

[BeJay]

Great work. Where did you get the scale material?

[rolodave]

Well done. FRs are great shavers. Nice restore

[karlej]

Great work. Where did you get the scale material?

The scale material is called Tortuga East from Masecraft Supply. I did a short write up on it back in October in the Workshop forum. It's titled Imitation Turtle/Dyed Horn Scales. Maybe someone will chime in and tell me how to link a page. I recently ordered more and was dismayed to find it was not the same material. Seems the vendor is not consistent from lot to lot. The folks at Masecraft said they would contact the vendor and find out what the heck happened. I'm currently waiting a response. The material on the left in the photo is what I just received and on the right the old material.