Thread: Kreuz Schild with Purpleheart scales.

Well. I finally finished the third razor of the Ebay 3, and I think it is by far the best of them. A quick strop and it is shave ready. I shaved with it this morning as the first shave with it, and it was like silk. Absolutely the smoothest cleanest shave with a straight to date.

This one is the G. Wostenholm & Son. I XL
The scales are hand made of Brazillian Ironwood, a beautifully grained deep chocolate brown.
Have to say, this is a very hard wood to work with, but it polishes up nicely. This one was polished up to 600 grit wet paper then buffed with stropping compound on a dremel, then rubbed with liquid wax polish to a satin sheen that is soft as silk.
The wedge is solid brass and the pins also.

Here is a pic of all 3 together, I took the pic the same order as the first one, Hope you have enjoyed this long post and process. Hopefully getting more restorable razors from England in the near future. So a new post will be in order for those.

BEFORE:
AFTER:

WOW!
Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics.. I just got on the pc and see that the pics that look great on the phone, look like crap on here...
Will definitly stop using the phone for everything in future..

That carving looks amazing. Great job on all the blades too. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Nice work and thanks for the pics.

I notice that you mention the toxicity of Purpleheart, and also that you used BE Maple. Not sure if your aware, but if you look up the toxicity chart for wood, you'll see that maple is also on it.

Yes, I saw that and I believe that they are referring to while working with it.
Hopefully not making the razors toxic.
All the same, just breathing alone will kill you these days, so I live dangerously a lot.
Thanks all the same.

Originally Posted by Pendragon

Yes, I saw that and I believe that they are referring to while working with it.
Hopefully not making the razors toxic.
All the same, just breathing alone will kill you these days, so I live dangerously a lot.
Thanks all the same.

During my High School years, I was diagnosed as being allergic to trees. The Santos Rosewood I've been working with lately gave me a hard time when I scratched around my wrist watch while sanding. lol

Great work on all of these restores!

very nice!!!

I got some purple heart and my scroll saw didnt like it at all.. wow. oh well it didnt cost me much I think Iwill try acrylic next time


keep up the good work

i usualy like the "all original" razors, but your Boker is very beautiful.

Hand carved scales are awesome! Congrats!