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This was a straight up rescale. The blade is the well know scallop backed Spanish point Henckels Friodur set in some epoxy resin finished Gabon ebony. The wedge is bloodwood which contrasts the gloss jet black ebony. Pins are 1/16 brass rod with my usual brass over stainless washers. The kids got glitter on the patio table but it makes a nice accent to the razor. You can see the glitter in the high gloss finish of the wood.
Very, very nice. What kind of finish did you use to get the high gloss?
Great work, very complimentary scales.
Epoxy resin. It is a slow setting bar top finish. Takes 2 days to cure.Quote:
Originally Posted by sffone
How you like the shave on that beast? Do you do your own honing on it? Any more difficult than HCS? I have a humble dovo stainless & it seems to take an edge as well as any hcs I have (better than some).
Wow! Beautiful scales for a beautiful blade.
I really like black and red scales, they look great, beautiful finish on the ebony too.
Look at that beautiful sunset. What a great reflection!
Very nice!
Black, blood, glitter, and high gloss - what a great combination!
Nice work!
This one is for someone else. I rescale a few hundred razors a year. However, I do have the same razor in my personal rotation. They are very good shaving razors. The grind is quite stiff and the blade shaves more like a wedge then a full hollow ground. Honing, these ice hardened stainless blades feel harder than normal carbon steel. It takes me a little longer to hone one but once honed it holds the edge very well. It is a big blade. I have a template just for these. The blade is about 1/16 longer than most and the tang is another 1/16-1/8 longer than most. If you tried to put one of these in a normal sized set of scales the blade would almost stick out past the end of the scales.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinklather
Stunning blade and scale work. Cheers, Dave
This is a beauty, I love your scales. Congrats
Epoxy finish is flawless, and the scale shape is subtle and sexy. Very nice!
Very classy. It has a confident, solid look about it.
Even when I let that finish set up a week or two, it is always kinda gummy when sanding low grit. Do you just work it through or sand/cure any way out or norm? (sorry if this is more of 'workshop' type quiz)Quote:
Originally Posted by cannonfodder
really, really nice
Sounds like you your mix ratio's are off. A hair to much hardener or resin will prevent the resin from setting properly. I mix by weight and use a 0.1 gram scale. There are different brands of resin as well. I have used quite a few but settled on system-3. Resin is not overly difficult, but not easy either. When it is right, it is awesome, when it is wrong, you start all over.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtychrome