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8/8 NOS Dorko in pink ivory with matching silvertip
I picked this one up for shavingshop.com a few months ago. It is a new old stock Dorko 8/8 best silver steel round point with a diamond stamped spine. I love Dorko razors, this will make a quartet of big blade Dorko’s for me. The steel is NOS, but the scales are generic red plastic, that just wont do. So I knocked the pins out, gave the blade a sanding from 800-12000 grit micromesh then some white rogue and Maas to shine it up nice.
I have had these pink ivory epoxy resin finished scales sitting in my ready for a blade pile for a couple of months. So I decided to marry the two. The wedge is cut from purple heart. I hit it with the tourch to scorch it after it was cut and sanded. When you heat/burn purple heart the oils come to the surface and the wood takes on a very dark royal purple. The blade has brass thrust bearings, the pins are 1/16 rod with brass over stainless washers.
But wait, that’s not all! Sorry, in an infomercial mode. Did a pink ivory 26mm silvertip to match. Set the knot deeper than I normally do to keep the knot dense and stiff but still silvertip soft. It balanced out nicely and whips up an awesome lather.
I still have to hone it, I put a small gimp in the edge when pinning it but it will hone right out. Should shave like a million.