Thread: Keen Kutter in Sea Green Acrylic

Absolutely stunning Aaron.
You hit this one out of the park!

Pete <:-}

Thanks Richard and Pete-I'm still a lousy photographer lol. I wanted a clear acrylic on this one to show off the pretty blade-face etch even when closed. I was going to maybe go with a white wedge, but my wife (who has an excellent design aesthetic) suggested the turquoise, and it worked better than I expected. I'm also still working on perfecting my beveled-edges on acrylics, but I'm getting there.

Love the clear scales. Nicely done my friend! I got one of those blades too. Great shaver. Love them singing blades.

Very nice! That clear appears so fragile! Likely pretty tough!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Very nice! That clear appears so fragile! Likely pretty tough!

Thanks, Tom-The acrylic is pretty tough; I just wish it didn't show every scratch and thumbprint, at least on the clear ones. I've got some very beautiful and unusual patterned acrylic from a British supplier that I'm just waiting for one of my blades to tell me it wants to go in.

That's what they do when I get them out to play with (sorry Paul, fondle)-they tell me what kind of scales they want lol!

Originally Posted by Gasman

Love the clear scales. Nicely done my friend! I got one of those blades too. Great shaver. Love them singing blades.

Thanks Jerry-The thing is, I rarely care for full hollow or singing blades as shavers; they always seem to feel "scrapey" to me no matter how keen and smooth they are-but that's probably just me. But this one just spoke to me, so we'll see what I can do with it on the hones in the next couple of days.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I'm still a lousy photographer lol.

Oh....I think quite possibly you could easily put something together that might merit Shave of the Day.

Pete <:-}

Great work!

Just my opinion but I think that the wedge is to large at the end and throws the whole thing out of proportion.

A very minor thing and not that it don't look great but my thoughts

If we are spitting hairs... The space between the inside edge of the wedge and the pin of the wedge could have been less. I shoot for 1/8". But also fill the scales with blade as you did, as in not much extra space between blade tip and wedge. And, having the same space from tip of scale to the pin at both ends sometimes makes this harder to get right. So i agree with Tim, a little. But its not extreme.
Just pointing it out to help you in the future Aaron. Its still a beautiful job and i love the look! And the fact that there is something on the wedge and not plain is a good touch.

I considered grinding off a little from the front end while refinishing the wedge, but decided I liked it as is. I built it exactly the way I wanted it to look, from front to back. Opinions will vary.

edit: Apologies if that came off a little salty. While I am slowly developing my own artistic aesthetic that values the tradition of these blades while sometimes re-imagining them in more modern, edgy scales, I have learned (and continue to learn) much from all of you fellows as my skills and techniques mature and evolve. Thanks for your good faith constructive criticism. I hope that I never stop learning and growing in this community.

I pride myself on the strength to accept constructive criticism as an opportunity for growth, whether from my department, parents, students, or you guys. I often tell my students the old saying "You have to know the rules before you can break them" (as applied to their writing). You experts collectively are "the rules." I have a tendency to do things my own way in almost every aspect of my life, as everyone who knows me well will attest.

Off to do some honing now.