8/8 Baber's Notch in olive wood scales

I test-shaved with this 8/8 the evening, and it absolutely murdered three days' worth of stubble. :)

One thing I've been working on is getting the very edge of the blade as thin as possible--Tim Zowada takes his to 0.001" before honing. The result is an almost microscopic honing bevel that takes an edge very easily and offers little resistance as it slices through hair. I'm not in Tim's league, but this edge is almost that thin. The bevel is tiny, and it took me about 15 minutes to hone, start to finish. (This is despite the blade's hardness; I haven't tested it, but it's probably well north of 60RC.)

The scales are olive wood finished in tung oil, with an adjustable pivot, blue lapis luzuli stone spacer, and decorative mosaic pin.

The blade is very beefy O1 steel with a satin finish in the hollows and a mirror finish on the tang and spine.

Thanks for looking. :)

Beautiful looking razor and scales. It clearly looks beefy and scary to facial hair. The pins are a nice touch.

Beautiful work. I love the simplicity and elegance of it all. Olive wood is so nice too.

Simply Beautiful!!
A very elegant piece of art.
I love the wedge pin!

Another beautiful razor Josh.
Do you also do the microbevel thing like TZ does with the extra tape ??

That is a handsome razor. Congrats on the grinding the bevel and shoulders look great.

Charlie

Nice! Very understated and elegant! :bow

Great work :tu
But not enough photos :w;)

thats some sexy razor right there
and a real beast

That's a creation that set's my RAD in motion :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Another beautiful razor Josh.
Do you also do the microbevel thing like TZ does with the extra tape ??

---

Thanks. :)

No, I don't do the microbevel thing right now. I've tried it in the past and didn't notice much of a difference, but Tim knows his stuff and I don't doubt that it works for him.

I honestly don't get the controversy over this; with as tiny as his bevels are, it would literally take seven or eight minutes to get rid of the microbevel and hone it back up to whatever insane level of sharpness your heart desires. :)

Beautiful work! Just a work of art.

Lu

SWEETNESS !!!!


Good to see your work again Josh ... you "had" me at the Olivewood

Just seen a couple of your custom's, Josh. Wow! less really is more. Such, beautiful bold work with great subtle but effective accents. Very, very nice.

Fantastic work! That tang is huge! Looks great.

I bought this razor off of SRD. Its one of my Favorites. Shaves very smooth. It made it into my weekly rotation.

You did well to get it! Whenever I check in, I'm too late. Never actually seen one of Josh's razors for sale!

Hi Josh,
Beautiful work. The proportions all just work beautifully together.
If you don't mind me asking, what diameter wheel did you use to create the hollow?