Thread: W.H. Morley 5/8 barber notch in Afzelia Xy-Lay

This is a W.H. Morley clover brand 5/8 barber notch. I love these razors. I will put them up against a $500 razor for their save any day. I have a half dozen of them in my rotation. This one has no hone ware but was pretty black when I got it. It got 400-3600 grit sanding progression then a buffing wheel progression to put the shine back on.

I scaled it in some Afzelia Xy-Lay wood in epoxy resin with a redwood wedge. Afzelia is hard to come by especially the Xy-Lay. This wood grows in East Asia around Cambodia. I happened to get my hands on a nice block of it.

I am going to put it in the classifieds later today. I want to keep it but I need a table saw more so I will be selling it.

This is a righteous bade!

X

Ditto

sickgnar

Very nice!

Makes me want to try a W.H. Morley.

You should give one a try. They are a heck of a razor. The blades are magnetized and the steel is some of the hardest I have honed. It usually takes me 3 hours to get the bevel cut and blade honed to my standards. But once there it will hold it for a long time. They really are some of my favorite blades and you can usually pick them up relatively cheep. I have two more I am working on, whenever I come across one I get it. They shave almost like a half hollow, very stiff blade.

Excellent looking piece.
That timber almost looks like it's on fire. !

Great piece of timber & a very nice job indeed!