Thread: Mooley & Sones Clover Brand 5/8 barber notch in figured Red Narra

I love these razors. I have ha half dozen of them in my collection and I still keep purchasing new ones. I picked this one up a couple of months ago. Overall it was not in bad shape, a bit of age on the steel but no pitting and light hone ware. I gave it a sanding up through 6000 grit and then three buffing compounds on the polishing wheels to get it a near mirror shine.


The scales are bees-wing figured red Narra. I love this wood. The grain and depth the figuring adds is exquisite. I had put these scales back for myself but thought this blade was deserving of them. They are finished in a high gloss epoxy resin. The wedge is made from lacewood and the pins are 1/16 brass rod with a brass over stainless washer. The blade has brass thrust bearings.


It honed up like every other Morley I have, hard. The steel in these blades is exceptional hard but once you have an edge on that magnetic steel (yes the blades are magnetized) it holds it for a long time. The shave is as good as any Wade and Butcher. I actually like it better than a W&B which is why I only have 2 of those in my rotation and several Morley's.


This bad boy will be going into the classifieds in a few hours for some new lucky owner.


A new fact I learned about Red Narra, it comes from the same tree as Amboyna burl so it is a Southeast Asia wood i.e. Vietnam, Thailand, Burma...

Lovely!

+1 on Clovers, they shave wondrfully!

Not tried that maker, but the scales are beautiful!

That did not last long. Put it in the Classifieds, lasted all of 20 min. Going to miss this one, guess I will have to make another.

great shaver i agree

Nice job. I'm inspired me to try one of these.

Yeah, now I've got to find one! Very cool, good job!