A Pipe for my brother

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01-31-2010, 02:03 AM
Muirtach

A Pipe for my brother

Well I finished my little brother's (made infamous for eternity in his first shave video) first razor last weekend and mailed it off to him. He has a brand new Cannon 50D to play with and a nice macro lens so he took a few images for me as I forgot to do s before shipping it off.

Full Hollow 6/8ths tumbled to a mirror. Scales are CA finished Argentine Lignum Vitae. The wedge is two tone striped Bakelite from a damaged pair of scales. I did make the scales just a little bit too small and teh heel peaked out a tiny bit. To remedy that I drilled a hole and added the copper tube as a third pin. Turned out to be a great effect and I have a few ideas for future uses of something similar.

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http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5wOEQxYJBIU/S2...20/razor01.JPG
01-31-2010, 02:49 AM
bulldog

That's very simple and extremely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
01-31-2010, 04:41 AM
shutterbug

Well done, I really like the copper tube for the third pin.
01-31-2010, 05:25 AM
BKratchmer

The finish of the blade looks especially even and velvety. Nice work!
01-31-2010, 05:56 AM
doleeo

Looks excellent!

I'm in the middle of honing 2 Pipes as I type this. However, mine don't look half as nice as yours.
01-31-2010, 06:01 PM
ChrisK

Nice job! the finish of the metal looks great and those scales are an instant classic. However I have to ask, will there be any adverse reactions between the steel and copper tube when the blade is closed, or just the copper oxidizing in general?
01-31-2010, 09:45 PM
Muirtach

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Originally Posted by ChrisK

Nice job! the finish of the metal looks great and those scales are an instant classic. However I have to ask, will there be any adverse reactions between the steel and copper tube when the blade is closed, or just the copper oxidizing in general?

I am honestly not certain. What little metallurgy I know is insufficient in that area. I do not think there should be any reactions between the two. The oxidation is something either someone with more knowledge might answer or we wait and see. I do not think that they are the same type of oxidation, but could easily be wrong