A bit different, Filarmonica #14 in Honey Horn

**gssixgun** · 08-02-2010, 05:13 PM

This one is a bit different, I had not seen a #14 like this one before and no before you ask there was not a ton on spine wear that I fixed...

Max you were right about the Jose Monserrat name last night in Chat... It was stamped that way, with the "Doble Temple" name below

Honey Ox horn from Masecraft, their new stuff, a bit of extra "Stinky" work to re-polish it, because it de-laminates almost instantly, so you have to sand and re-polish it out,, almost as hard as doing acrylics, to get the wet shine look back...
The blade was polished to a near perfect mirror, I used a Brass lined, Faux Ivory wedge, the liners are about as thin as it gets at .005... I will try later to get some close ups of it, but the 5 I took already basically sucked

I was rushing the pics so I'll try tonight after work..
All Brass hardware to match the liners of course, I can't wait to test shave this one, to compare it to other #14's because the grind sure is different...

A side note here on how to get a "for sure" Horn test done, the Wife when she looked at the original blanks insisted that is was Acrylic because of the shine, Now one of our Shiba Inu dogs loves to look at the razors when they are done, so I showed him the blanks... One quick sniff, one tenative lick, and bam he was on them ready to chew, "Yep that's real horn" LOL

Don't worry Jason he didn't leave any teeth marks

**Del1r1um** · 08-02-2010, 05:19 PM

what a great classic looking straight.

Very well done Glen, great look to those scales.

**Sailor** · 08-02-2010, 05:24 PM

Nice work with the blade but those scales look really beautiful. How fine grits you go when sanding horn?
Great thinking with the real horn test; have to put dogs earn their living next time i work with with horn.

**gssixgun** · 08-02-2010, 05:31 PM

I went with the same things I do to Acrylic to get them looking that way

I was reluctant to put them on the buffer, as I would have been very ticked off if they de-laminated again, after all the work I put into them...
Horn was always a rather easy material to work in the past, basically Cut, Shape, Buff, and Done... The buffer and compound might well work but I just didn't want to risk it.. I went 400-12,000 grit by hand, then hand rubbed polishing compound and RenWax to finish....

PS: for anyone reading this that is lost with the de-laminate statement,,, Imagine splitting your fingernail so that the top shiny layer flakes off and leaves a flap of nail hanging... Horn can do the same thing...

**Stubear** · 08-02-2010, 05:31 PM

SWEEEEEEET!

Great work Glen!

**ben.mid** · 08-02-2010, 06:43 PM

Beautiful work. A huge improvement over the originals. I know that's not saying much with Filly's, but you know what I mean!

**ccgnet** · 08-02-2010, 07:42 PM

Nice job Glen!!!!

**BladeRunner001** · 08-02-2010, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by gssixgun

This one is a bit different, I had not seen a #14 like this one before and no before you ask there was not a ton on spine wear that I fixed...

Max you were right about the Jose Monserrat name last night in Chat... It was stamped that way, with the "Doble Temple" name below

Honey Ox horn from Masecraft, their new stuff, a bit of extra "Stinky" work to re-polish it, because it de-laminates almost instantly, so you have to sand and re-polish it out,, almost as hard as doing acrylics, to get the wet shine look back...
The blade was polished to a near perfect mirror, I used a Brass lined, Faux Ivory wedge, the liners are about as thin as it gets at .005... I will try later to get some close ups of it, but the 5 I took already basically sucked

I was rushing the pics so I'll try tonight after work..
All Brass hardware to match the liners of course, I can't wait to test shave this one, to compare it to other #14's because the grind sure is different...

A side note here on how to get a "for sure" Horn test done, the Wife when she looked at the original blanks insisted that is was Acrylic because of the shine, Now one of our Shiba Inu dogs loves to look at the razors when they are done, so I showed him the blanks... One quick sniff, one tenative lick, and bam he was on them ready to chew, "Yep that's real horn" LOL

Don't worry Jason he didn't leave any teeth marks

Glen,
That's a beautiful blade dressed to kill...in a gorgeous set of scales.

**d. m. ellington** · 08-02-2010, 10:12 PM

that is a RAZOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Bazz** · 08-02-2010, 10:54 PM

" a work of art " thats beautiful

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