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These are two heading home today...
Two Dovo Renaissance Razors re-scaled in Wenge with point pivot and wedge ends...
The finish is Tru-oil hand rubbed in, the hardware is all Silver as requested and a Silver/Gray Acrylic wedge on each...
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Those scales really do justice to those Dovos. Classy look that makes them worth a million bucks. Great work as always Glen.
Hello, Glen:
What fine workmanship on the two Renaissance razors.
I have a Renaissance, and it's a lovely razor and a great shaver. Though quite attractive, the original scales are too too skinny even for my small hands. One of these days I think I will have mine rescaled.
Well done, sir.
Regards,
Obie
I'm going to be honest, I have never really liked the look of wenge... that said, these look absolutely fantastic and I may start looking at wenge for some projects. Hands down the best I've seen wenge look IMHO
Great job Glen
I like wenge, and I like Renaissances...
two thumbs up!
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NICE! To me those razors look WAY better with your scales than the stock Renaissance scales.Great work as always!
Awesome work Glen. I cant wait to finally get a straight shave in after having to go DE for a while...well worth the wait ... those are sweet looking...thanks for taking such care of my razors and making them look as good as you did.
I loved the razors anyway but the scales very ugly to me...but not any more...thanks man...
I'm generally not a big fan of wenge wood myself but these are perfect.
Done by the G-Master himself.
Great work G!
I hope you got my address right, Glen...
I was torn between wenge and Cocobola but glen said he thought the wenge looked good...and sure enough it does...Quote:
Originally Posted by Maximilian
Sometimes it comes down to the piece of wood too, which it really did in the case, I got a block of Wenge that just popped when I cut out the blanks..... I had ordered new Cocobolo and this piece of Wenge from Bell Forest, good looking Cocobolo is fairly common, but Wenge like this piece is a little harder to come by so Eric and I decided to go for the more unique look...Quote:
Originally Posted by erictski
Glen... you have really cranked out some great work lately. I'm not a huge fan of wood scales, but that looks fantastic. That finish looks excellent
Excellent work! A classic look, but the wood choice sets it apart. :tu
Hey, those look great! I really like the Wenge!
Awesome! I have never really liked the stockers on the renaissance. It might be the solo bolster or the solingen on the scale, I don't know. Those really look great. and probably the nicest looking wenge I have seen.
I am a big fan of your matched pairs!:p
Man... those blades are stunning!!! :beer1:
Great work Glen!
The scales really compliment the shape of the blade, and the spacers go brilliantly with the wood!
The razors are in the state....hopefully ahve them tomorrow or monday cant wait...thanks again glen
Great work Glen! I really like the grain on that wenge.
A brace of beauties from the G-Man
A clear case of two is better than one :tu
I don't think anyone works the wood scales like Glen.
What a pair and the wood is as gorgeous as the the perfect pinning!
I hadn't peeked in on these until now, but I'm sure glad I did. They look great! :tu
I think it's very neat how you got the faces to look so smooth and even. My first attempt to use wenge for scales was "less than successful" :gaah: but you've given me incentive to try it again soon. Thanks!
The trick is what is called a "wash coat", sanding sealer thinned with mineral spirits,
I don't even actually mix them, I do a wipe down with mineral spirits, then using the same wet spot on the rag I immediately wipe it down with the diluted sanding sealer, this gets very deep into the grain... Then do a regular coat of sanding sealer after that dries, works great on open grain woods......
I actually adapted the idea from talking with Dan/floppyshoes about it, he is a wood finish genius
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Dang.
What beautiful razors.
Me like very much.
Great job, I'm hoping to send some of my rapidly growing stable of razors out to someone with the skills like that.
More beautiful work from Gemstar Customs! I still absolutely love the razor Glen did for me. Both great workmanship and outstanding customer service.
Wenge is such a beautiful wood. I have a guitar neck made out of it but intentionally left it unfinished. I'm partial to the feel of a raw wood guitar neck (as are most guitarists who play one for any extended period).
