Thread: Friodur 8/8 Spanish Point in Lignum Vitae

Greetings everyone,

I finally picked up a Friodur 8/8 in a Spanish Point (the were on sale). I bought mine with the low budget black plastic scales so that I could put a proper handle on myself.

I decided to use Lignum Vitae for this one. I've never used it before, but it's supposed to be very tough stuff. I had no problems working, although I wasn't sure how to finish it. Apparently, it's very oily, so some finishes might not stick. I ended up using Danish Oil on it. It came out all right, but it doesn't have a really high shine at the moment. The wood actually has chatoyance at certain angles, but I don't think you can tell from my photos. (Oh, the spacer is Bocote.)

I usually use barrel pivots on my razors, but the pin hole was too small for them in the Friodur blade. I don't mind drilling out old blades, but I was hesitant to do it on my new stainless steel blade. Therefore, I decided to pin it up. I chose stainless steel pins, which turn out to be a PINTA to peen. They mushroom okay, but you need to be very close to your final dimension because you can't tighten them much (Not even with a 4lb sledge hammer... Not that I would know... )

Without further ado, here are the images;

Man, that thing is hot. Love the contrast of the wedge.

I really like this. I can't wait more and more to get mine in the mail!!!

I really like the double pinning on the bottom end. Seen it on a couple of of redos tonight. Let us know how the big Friodur hones up.

Don J.

Nicely done!

I got one of these, too and look forward to putting some nice scales on the sucker. Thanks for the inspiration!

I cheated and bought my razor pre-honed, so I'm looking forward to shaving with it today.

Since the plastic scales (at least the cheap ones) these razors come with are really too small for the blade, I had to trace the blade and design my own. In case it helps anyone else, here is a copy of the tracing. The darker blue squares are one inch.