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08-24-2010, 12:49 PM #1Lookin like a crim
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Purist inspired, mutant, fixed blade thing
Like most of us I saw "The Purist" and desperately wanted one, unfortulately thats not very realistic for me but it got me thinking. I've had this concept floating round in the back of my mind for a while after reading a post from Shooter74743 where he did a similar project.
This blade came from one of the first ebay razors I ever bought. It had some nasty pitting and the heel was badly worn. A good canidate for an experiment.
The blade was ground, dremmeled, and hand sanded from 120 grit back up to 800 beore being blued. The handle is 2 pieces of black acrylic epoxied together over the ground down tang. Because the blade still shows some pitting I didnt want anything on this to look to shiney and pretty, so the handle has a matt finish and I even pulled out my dirty old 8 oz hammer to peen the pin and left it with some nice strike marks just for character.
I'm looking forward to trying this one out
Enjoy.Last edited by baldy; 08-24-2010 at 12:52 PM.
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08-24-2010, 01:00 PM #2Senior Member
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I like it very unassuming, just make sure you don't let it get mixed in with the flatware it would be hard to tell it apart from the knives. Now for the real test, how does it shave?
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08-24-2010, 01:13 PM #3Comfortably Numb
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very cool stuff... shoot by the time I get any of my projects done this year, everyone else will have created about 10
Can't wait to see them though!
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08-24-2010, 01:33 PM #4aka shooter74743
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That turned out great!
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Thank you and God Bless, Scott
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08-24-2010, 02:17 PM #5The Shell Whisperer
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2 thumbs up! It did turn out stellar.
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08-24-2010, 03:34 PM #6Senior Member
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That is a very cool looking razor. You did a great job with the design, it has beautiful lines. The overall finish and patina rock.
I agree with Max, that is two big old thumbs up from me too.
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08-24-2010, 03:36 PM #7At this point in time...
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Very Nicely Done !!!!!.
Wanna bet she shaves great?????
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08-24-2010, 03:38 PM #8This is not my actual head.
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Nice work!
I really really like the finish on that blade. I think that is as close to a natural patina as I have ever seen anyone get. What kind of bluing process did you use?
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08-24-2010, 08:07 PM #9Senior Moderator
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Great work there. The flow is perfect the bluing ties it together.
Bob
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08-24-2010, 09:05 PM #10Always Learning.
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That is a great looking razor. Well done, hopefully i can get something close to this soon too.
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