Thread: Freaky Freddie Faux Frameback

Originally Posted by Seraphim

That is some very deep pitting, and I did not feel like removing that much steel from the honing bevel area.

I'm not a perfectionist when it comes to restoring (one of the reasons I like working with the DAs-they come shiny and new...). On a 150 year old blade like this one, leaving some pitting to go alongside the shiny steel keeps it "real" (OK, maybe I'm just lazy like that....)

SHHHH!!!! It's "respect for the age of the blade", NOT laziness!

Very nice work as always, Sir. I certainly would never have known it wasn't original without your say-so...

I agree, those pits are not laziness. A veteran bladesmith with decades of experience once told me that defects aren't defects, they're..........features.

Chris L

I'd be tempted to grind that spine to a diamond profile though, work be d*mned.

I also think the thumb notch should have been smaller and closer to the blade, but I suspect that corrosion patterns ruled the day.

I was honored to attend a lecture by Toshio Odate The Feel, the Smell, the Art of Working With Wood - The New York Times As he spoke of joinery he said, "There are machines that makes dovetails. If you want perfect dovetail, push button, you get perfect dovetail. Who wants that? There are no mistakes when something is hand made. We call that "human nuance.'"

Originally Posted by mparker762

I'd be tempted to grind that spine to a diamond profile though, work be d*mned.

I also think the thumb notch should have been smaller and closer to the blade, but I suspect that corrosion patterns ruled the day.

No. I put my thumbnotches where I think it makes the grip "feel" best. If they are too close to te blade, it makes them feel a bit odd. It looks cool having the blade swoop right into a thumbnotch, ala the LeGrelot, but that razor was designed that way.

The thumbnotch on this also happens to line up with teh curved "Sheffield" on the makers' mark. So that played its' role in positioning as well....

BAD Seerphim!!! Not really I like your razor!!!

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Hmmm.....seems as if I neglected to take any "before" shots...

Suffice it to say it did not have a thumbnotch, and it did have some rather severe corrosion and pitting....

I love it Seraphim, your designs always work for me.

Originally Posted by icedog

I was honored to attend a lecture by Toshio Odate The Feel, the Smell, the Art of Working With Wood - The New York Times As he spoke of joinery he said, "There are machines that makes dovetails. If you want perfect dovetail, push button, you get perfect dovetail. Who wants that? There are no mistakes when something is hand made. We call that "human nuance.'"

So true! There is something nice about being able to tell that a human did the work.

Freaky Freddie Frameback, now scaled in Paduak with orange acrylic spacer.

Freakin Fabulous Fantastic, Freaky Freddie Faux Frameback. I'm Floored, Flushed and Flabbergasted.

Farlie