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Joseph Rodgers "Corporate Mark" Razor in Honey Horn
I'm not exactly cranking these out at a high rate of speed, but I think the patience (aka lack of free time) is producing better and better results.
I fell in love with this blade when I saw it on the Bay and wanted it for my personal collection. The blade was entirely hand sanded. The tang, spine and toe areas were left in a mirror polish and I applied a satin-finish to the ground face areas using Tuzi's technique (to the best of my abilities anyway). I probably could have done better capturing that--photo skills and a light box are also on the to-do list.
The dome replica collars you will all recognize as Austin's, and I used some honey horn I picked up from him as well. I was really cruising on the scales, perhaps my best effort to date, but when I was nearly finished shaping them on the belt sander, I must have hit some kind of stress line in the horn that caused the delamination that you see on the non-show side. It's really cosmetic at this point, so I'm leaving them for now until they turn into an issue that justifies full replacement. This is my second attempt with honey horn and I'm finding that it is really fickle stuff as compared to buffalo horn.
I am still working on honing it, which is also presenting quite the challenge--having a helluva time getting the bevel set. So, I'm also trying to be patient in that regard too.
Anyway, hope you guys like pictures.
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