Thread: General Nobile

A hollow ground razor with "General Nobile" on the tang and J.P. Alcamisi, Schenectady, NY on the other side. Nothing special, anonymously made in Germany. I wanted to dress it up and get it shaving. It had a collar decoration like a wreath (is there a name for that piece?) near the pivot and the rest of the scales were gone. I went with green scales cut down from 6 inch pen stock shaped by hand and moved the wreath thing to the wedge end. The wedge is light green Corian. Maybe I chose green to go with the leafy wreath decoration? I don't know, it's shaving great!

Looks awesome. Love the scales and how you kept the inlay. Great job.

Originally Posted by Jared13

Looks awesome. Love the scales and how you kept the inlay. Great job.

I'll second that.

Bob

Very nice job. These scales really spiff up the razor.

Turned up a treat!

Third, I will third that. In general I find the wild scales a little too much, but those are an exception. I think those scales are very well suited for that blade. You might say they were made for it...
Sorry, I could't resist.
It truly does look great, and a great looking blade that shaves well is a winner.

Congratulations, you have done a very good job. The bolsters look fine at either end of the scales. However, I do not know if the bolsters were at the pivot end to add a bit of strength for stropping or purely decoration.

Originally Posted by lz6

Congratulations, you have done a very good job. The bolsters look fine at either end of the scales. However, I do not know if the bolsters were at the pivot end to add a bit of strength for stropping or purely decoration.

Thank you, much appreciated! I was thinking the bolsters were decoration because they are pretty flimsy, really.

Very well done!
I haven't delved into transferring bolsters/inlays but I know it adds another tricky step to the whole process and requires some finesse!
Really like the scales. I usually stick to natural materials so it has to be just right for me to like it when synthetic.