Thread: SanMai with Mammoth/Grenadil

Want to show my latest work. The blade is a 8/8 SanMai with a core from 1.2442 (C 1,15, Si 0,2, Mn 0,3, Cr 0,2, W 1,95) hardened to 62 HRC. The grind is near wedge, to let enough from the pattern.
The handle ist from grenadil wood and mammoth ivory on a tin liner. The wedge is also from mammoth ivory. I´m really happy, how it all come out and hope you like it too.

The razor is beautiful.
The San Mai damascus is the icing on the cake.
Everything about it oozes quality.
Anyone would be proud to own this piece.
Congratulations and enjoy!

Pete <:-}

Jennes that is fantastic, we need to talk. Keep it up and post more! Tc

Beautiful. I have to figure out to do that to scales.

gorgeous work! and thanks for sharing. I'm already enjoying this forum a lot

Beautifully done all the way around Gabor. The SanMai is a real eye catcher and the ivory flowing over the grenadil is perfect to set off the steel. Nice.

Absolutely beautiful!

I'm curious about how you made the scales too, but whatever you did sure works.

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That is one GORGEOUS razor!

That looks amazing. I'm just wondering about the long term stability especially with changes in humidity, have you seen with past composite scales like that that it is stable?

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

That looks amazing. I'm just wondering about the long term stability especially with changes in humidity, have you seen with past composite scales like that that it is stable?

I think there will no problems. This is all glued together with a strong epoxy (12 hours of drying). Grenadil ist very dense, so the only thing, that might be happen is, that the mammoth get some cracks. But the whole handle is coated with Renaissance Wax, so that the humidity in the air not will be the problem. If the razor will be stored, like a non stainless razor has to be stored, I dont expect any problems.