George Wostenholm Celebrated IXL Chopper in Buckeye Burl

This is a George Wostenholm 8/8 spanish point chopper. The blade was not to bad off but did have a fair amount of rust and pit. I gave it sanding and hit it with the buffing compounds to polish it up. There is still some light pitting and texturing in the blade but any more sanding/buffing would take the etch off the blade. There is not rust left and a reasonable shine on the blade.

The owner wanted some buckeye burl scales. The scales are finished in epoxy resin for very tough and durable high gloss finish. Pins are 1/16 brass rod with brass over stainless washers and brass thrust bearings. The wedge is a pearl acrylic that I did not buff. I thought the matte color contrasted the scales nicely. Took a few hours to cut the little chips out of the edge and get a proper hone on it. Nice saving razor.

and there was i thinking i had enough razors :)


ian

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Originally Posted by ianp1966

and there was i thinking i had enough razors :)


ian

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Sorry, Ian, but no one's getting their hands on this one before me!

I dont care for wood scales but after seeing those,i think i changed my mind!! Very nice!

Great looking razor, but.I LOVE THOSE SCALES! I have a brush in that wood and it would look amazing next to those scales. Great work.

Love those scales. I'm not usually partial to wood scales, but those may very well be the prettiest scales I've seen to date. Very nice. Congratulations.

Regards,

Mark

Outstanding!!! Nice tight work the wood and finish is out of this world.

Great looking scales!

I really love the look of Buckeye Burl and the job you have done is Superb!

Lu

absolutely Beautiful job!
Don't mind me, I'll be the one in the cornor drooling for a while. :)

Holy mackeral!! Thats some RAZOR PORN!!! GREAT RAZOR!!:eek::tu

Nice very very nice. I like the matching brush scales combo.

The brush is actually mine. It goes with my Livi but I thought it made for a nice backdrop

OK that makes me super jellies, That is a beautiful razor and I can tell several others around it are very nice to. Do you have pics of your whole collection together somewhere.

Some are in my collection, some I have sold, some are were for other people...

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Very impressive work. Are those nots from the golden nib.

I don't usually go for "New" scales on vintage blades but that works for me :)

Good choice of woods :)

I love the work you do with buckeye burl and this razor is no exception. Great restore. Any chance you'd be willing to sell some of the burl?

I'm a big fan of this restore... well done!

Made about a half dozen sets of scales from the last of the block. Several of them went to John over at shavingshop.com but I have a couple left over. Still deciding what to do with them but I think he is going to ship me another batch of blades for scaling and I may hang onto a set for future use. I can always make more.

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Great job, and those scales are just stunning..! :bow

This just in: Not only am I the proud owner of this gorgeously worked Wostenholm, but I struck a deal with the wonderful Dave (That's Cannonfodder, guys) to get that brush along with it! I am happier than a pig in shit right now, and can't wait for a full buckeye shave once these guys get in... A wonderful businessman and craftsman, Dave, couldn't be happier :D

Cheers,
Jeremy

Congrats that is one sweet razor and brush. let us know how it shaves.

Do not like shipping over the weekend. Having a razor sit in the post office for a couple days before it moves onto its destination is just more opportunity for it to get lost. So I had to give it the post hone shave test. Honestly, it needed a retouch (I shall ship no razor before its time). Then it needed another shave test to recheck the hone. Then you have to make sure the first shave was not a fluke so it had to get another shave test. Then It got another shave test just to make sure it was holding up good. But in the end I gave it another few passes on the finish hone to refresh the 'tested' hone job. It shaves pretty good.

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Do not like shipping over the weekend. Having a razor sit in the post office for a couple days before it moves onto its destination is just more opportunity for it to get lost. So I had to give it the post hone shave test. Honestly, it needed a retouch (I shall ship no razor before its time). Then it needed another shave test to recheck the hone. Then you have to make sure the first shave was not a fluke so it had to get another shave test. Then It got another shave test just to make sure it was holding up good. But in the end I gave it another few passes on the finish hone to refresh the 'tested' hone job. It shaves pretty good.

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Wow... You hone as much as I strop!

Thanks for the extra bit of perfection!

I just like shaving with the razor, but did not want to send it out after triple checking the hone without a light refresh. By the way, it is in the mail.

Yep thats certainly one good looking razor :)

ian

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I just like shaving with the razor, but did not want to send it out after triple checking the hone without a light refresh. By the way, it is in the mail.

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Haha, well that's a good sign! Thanks again, Dave

Cheers,
Jeremy