Thread: WB Horn and Bone Pair

So as I posted about in the Workshop, this is the WB Horn and Bone pair (don't worry, I'll spare you the obvious song reference that was going through my head the entire time I was working on this project, though it also gave me the inspiration for how to photograph them on our otherwise long-neglected piano lol!) The Celebrated Hollow Ground got the horn scales with a brass-lined camel bone wedge, and the Diamond Edge got the opposite: Austin's camel bone scales with a brass-lined horn wedge:



Back side:


I left some character marks on both blades, as a) the carpal tunnel in my grading hand rebels after too much hand sanding, and b) the splayed deep gouges on The Celebrated look to me like someone once tried to use a sisal or maybe even a wire wheel on the blade face, leaving deep scratches on this otherwise beautiful blade that I'm not going after. She's got some miles on her, but she's curvy, which I dig.
Here's a wedge view:
Obviously I've got some QC issues to work out: both wedges are a bit fat, the front ends aren't evenly finished, the Diamond Edge got drilled and pinned a little low (I swear I was dead center when I committed the drill bit!), and I may have polished some compound into the microscopic bone divots that I can't seem to get out, but overall I'm happy with how they turned out. They pinned up nice and tight on both ends in the brass cup collars with brass pins. Plus, I learned a lot doing this that will serve me on future projects.

Pivot end:


Finally, this project provided a couple of firsts for me: the brass-lined wedge, and my 1st time using bone. Thanks Austin/AJ for the camel bone and walking me through how to work with it-now I know why it has to always be so thin! The brass liners I'm going to save for only the most distinctive razors like this, as it was kind of a PITA. As for the camel bone, it is a dream material to work in most respects, very intuitive and predictable (unlike how feathered horn can bow and warp!), and I already have my 2nd set from Austin ready for the right blade.

Anyway, thanks for looking; constructive criticism is always welcome, as my goal is to learn a new technique and improve with every rescale I do.

A-Aron/SHD

edit: Oops, somehow my pics turned upside down-obviously my photography skills haven't improved! I'm gonna go get a generous glug of Laphroiag now and maybe come back to straighten them out.