Barlow & Sons shoulderless in Mopani
Greetings everyone,
Here is one that I just finished up. It’s a James Barlow and Sons shoulderless razor. It’s also marked ECHO, but I’m not sure what that refers to. It’s my first shoulderless razor and, believe it or not, it’s my first round point blade.
The original scales were just crappy yellow plastic, so they had to go. The blade was pretty gunked up, but there was not much actual rust. This is what it looked like;
I actually like blades with a patina on them, so I was mostly concerned with getting the black crap off the blade. I ended up taking off more of the graying than I wanted, but it really couldn’t be helped. My local Woodcraft store is now stocking a wood called Mopani, so I decided to give it a try. It came out pretty well, except that some damn fool (me) cut the scales too thick. I didn’t notice until it was too late. Of well, at least it easily stands on its back for pictures. I forget what kind of wood I used for the wedge.
Here is the finished product. I still need to hone it up and try it out;
