Thiers Issard- Le Gerlot B&B LE - Amboyna Burl

**gssixgun** · 03-03-2010, 08:43 AM

This one is heading home in the morning.
A standard Pink Ivory scaled Le Gerlot with the pretty much standard messed up TI scales these were actually cracked at the wedge...
Michael asked me to make a set in Amboyna Burl for him...

This is actually the 3rd set I made for this razor, I was doing some experimenting with brass liners and trying to get some to balance out...
I used .016 brass which is the most common that I see on razors and that was just way to heavy even for this razor... I tried a set in .010 brass but the burl curled up like a piece of bacon in a hot pan, I think maybe the weight might have worked but I could not test it... Now I am going to have to try with a more stable wood and see if it holds .... I will figure out a lined set that balances

Anyway after all that fun this was the third set I made, and by far the prettiest figuring of the bunch... 8 coats of Poly on top of sealer all hand rubbed in, some bi-metal washers and pins hold it together with an Ebony wedge... These razors can be fantastic shavers when they are honed correctly, I used a full set of Naniwas and finished with 10 laps of CeOx on my bench strop SMOOOOOOOOOTHNESS !!!!

**baldy** · 03-03-2010, 09:36 AM

Very nice. Thats a pretty spectacular piece of burl you got there.

**Stubear** · 03-03-2010, 10:25 AM

Wow!

Great work as always Glen!

That wood really complements the blade. Beautiful!

**Deryan** · 03-03-2010, 11:29 AM

Fantastic looking scales !!!! Excellent Job

**BigBubba** · 03-03-2010, 11:31 AM

Great work on this one Glen! I really like it

**aroliver59** · 03-03-2010, 02:58 PM

Beautiful!If I had to pick one scale style and keep it for all my razors,that would be it.

**richmondesi** · 03-03-2010, 03:38 PM

very nice Glen. I see you are working on my "I don't normally care for wooden scales" position. That's very very nice looking. I bet you had a blast honing that thing

**mrbhagwan** · 03-03-2010, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by gssixgun

This one is heading home in the morning.
A standard Pink Ivory scaled Le Gerlot with the pretty much standard messed up TI scales these were actually cracked at the wedge...
Michael asked me to make a set in Amboyna Burl for him...

You had me at Amboyna Burl . . .

Very Nice!

**Sailinblues** · 03-03-2010, 11:36 PM

Beautiful work as always Glen!

**coachmike** · 03-04-2010, 12:16 AM

Fantastic looking work Glen. I'm starting to believe you go out and "hand pick" the wood you use on your scales. Simply awesome looking wood.

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