TI Damascus with giraffe bone

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03-06-2010, 07:41 PM
Buddel

TI Damascus with giraffe bone

A customer send me this TI Damascus razor. I want say nothing to the quality of a razor, that has a market price from 700 – 900 Euros. I think the photos are speaking for it selfs:

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/tibefore1t345vnea.jpg

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/tibefore2bdfn80c5.jpg

First I polished the blade and re-echted it, to get this ugly wide silver stripe from the edge away. After that I made the new scales from stapilized giraffe bone. The wedge is from translucent horn and fibre. I think now it’s a really fine razor ;)

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/tigiraffe10tvjlrue.jpg

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/tigiraffe20prbjyqt.jpg

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/tigiraffe3fbujohiv.jpg

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/tigiraffe4lqtou46g.jpg
03-06-2010, 11:14 PM
alabamalawyer

Nice work. I like those scales with the blade. The low profile in the front allows the Damascus blade to be seen.

BTW, did it come from TI looking like the first photo?
03-06-2010, 11:43 PM
InstaRAD

Very elegant design! :beer2:
03-06-2010, 11:48 PM
Desdinova

Very nice!
03-07-2010, 06:50 AM
Buddel

Quote:

Originally Posted by alabamalawyer

BTW, did it come from TI looking like the first photo?

Yes, this razor was in original factory condition. It closed not centere, the horn scales are uneven and only the devil know, why they are "scratched" in this way?
03-07-2010, 12:33 PM
onimaru55

Vast improvement :tu
03-07-2010, 01:13 PM
Joed

Very nicely done and way better than the TI work! :tu :tu Looking at the quality of TI fit and finish it makes you wonder what other quality issues they have that are not visible, like the temper of the steel and steel quality.
03-07-2010, 03:48 PM
Doublewood

Great rescue job, but looking at the state it was in, one has to wonder what else the razor had been used for :) (other than shaving)
03-07-2010, 04:39 PM
Obie

TI Damascus with Giraffe Bone

Hello, Buddel:

That is fine workmanship.

What especially impresses me is how well you have complemented the exotic looks of the Damascus Steel with scales in the form of a scimitar.

I like your creative flair.

Regards,

Obie
03-07-2010, 04:53 PM
BKratchmer

Very nicely done! You did excellent work, but it certainly is sad that you needed to do it on a factory-new blade! I very much like the shape of those scales.
03-07-2010, 05:12 PM
doleeo

Great work Gabor.

I really like those giraffe bone scales. It truly has become a fine razor!
03-07-2010, 05:24 PM
Buddel

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Originally Posted by Joed

Very nicely done and way better than the TI work! :tu :tu Looking at the quality of TI fit and finish it makes you wonder what other quality issues they have that are not visible, like the temper of the steel and steel quality.

I honed the razor today and I think the qualitiy of the steel is good. In my opinion better and harder than the damascus steel from Boeker. What I noticed, the shank is very thin, that made the razor tricky to strop.

Some of you certainly thinking, the silver stripe on the blade in original conditions is from imporper usage. But the silver stripe on the edge was there because TI not etched the razor on this part. So the metall was still silver. Probably they had fear to destroy the thin blade, if they put it full in the acid. I don´t know.

Here is a close photo from the blade after polishing and several reetching from me. I think this treatment shows now a better contrast (still not perfect, but better).