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09-06-2009, 09:17 AM #1Lookin like a crim
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Sheffield 11/16 in acrylic
This blade wasnt in too bad shape when it arrived but the scales had been butchered. The etching on the blade looked pretty classy so i tried to make the re-scale suite. I went with a classic shape in translucent white acrylic and clear acrylic spacer. Had to wait for some Nickel Silver rod to arrive for the pins but I'm glad I did, they work well with the polished blade i think
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09-06-2009, 10:06 AM #2Senior Member
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Great save with classy results. Well done!
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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09-06-2009, 10:34 AM #3Large Member
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That really did come out well. Nice work!
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09-07-2009, 02:14 AM #4The Great & Powerful Oz
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Nice job Grant.
Good to see a bit of Aussie history. W.Jno.Baker opened in 1888 & had a huge mail order business for knives etc...
Don't know when they moved from Hunter St. but they still exist as a rural supplier today in Dubbo.
I wonder who they commissioned for their razors ? The tang decoration looks much like a Cadman bros. "Bengall"The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.
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09-07-2009, 03:43 AM #5Senior Member
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Great work Grant. Dead right.. the nickel/silver was worth the wait
Yeah that tang dress does look a LOT like a Cadman bros. Bengall Os.
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09-07-2009, 11:32 AM #6Senior Member
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Nicely done!!! she's a looker
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09-07-2009, 11:34 AM #7Lookin like a crim
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Thanks for the history Oz, I did wonder who they were during those many hand sanding sessions. It did cross my mind also that the decoration looked like a Bengall, all it says on the other side of the tang is made in Sheffield.
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Haven't honed it yet, but Ive got a feeling I'm going to like this one.
Grant."I aint like that no more...my wife, she cured me of drinking and wickedness"
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09-08-2009, 01:33 AM #8The Great & Powerful Oz
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My 'Googling" shows they have one of these in Sydney's "PowerhouseMuseum".
Now how many times has anybody thought to themselves ? " I shave with something that belongs in a museum
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