Thread: Wade & Butcher with skeleton-scales

Originally Posted by barneycg

Stunning ... I was thinking about designs like this but shied away coz I was worried about the possibilities of damage to the blade and to fingers if not handled carefully.

Barney

There is no danger for your fingers. It´s not possible to touch the edge, through the holes with normal sized male fingers. Other persons (woman with long nails, childrens) are not my targetpersons for this stuff

Originally Posted by Buddel

There is no danger for your fingers. It´s not possible to touch the edge, through the holes with normal sized male fingers. Other persons (woman with long nails, childrens) are not my targetpersons for this stuff

I'd be worried about my little finger - I've got slender hands - my wedding ring is a Q.
BTW what are you using for the pivot and middle pin. Is it some 1/8 threaded tubing and some 2-56 machine screws ?

Barney

If you ever run out of storage space, I'm your go to dude

LIMIT

Looks great! But with the open space there, how does it balance? Did you make the overall dimensions bigger so you could fir the hole?

Stunning work! Thanks for sharing.

Very cool! Those scales are awesome.

Wow! Very cool design, and excellent execution! That really is starting to verge on an art piece rather than merely a functional piece!

Great job.

Mark

What exactly is vulcanfibre?

Very clean look and above all,,,,different.

Originally Posted by Berticus

Looks great! But with the open space there, how does it balance? Did you make the overall dimensions bigger so you could fir the hole?

Mhhh, the balance? The blade is quite heavy, and the handle is lighter, than it would be without the open space. But not lighter than a antique hornhandle. At the shave I had no problems with the balance. But I think most straights are different balanced. A 8/8 Filarmonica is different to a 8/8 Meatchopper from W&B, and both are different to an 8/8 Friodur...and so on. In my eyes it more a question of the skill and experience from the user, than from the razor itself.

Originally Posted by tjiscooler

What exactly is vulcanfibre?

Vulcanfibre was first made in 1855 from Phillip Taylor. Its one of the oldest "syntetical" stuffs and made from paper and cottonfibers. It is hard and "hornlike", when you work with it.

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