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11-16-2010, 03:55 PM #11Senior Member
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Nice, should be a pleasure to shave with.
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11-16-2010, 05:27 PM #12
Thats awesome work Ben!
The scales fit the razor perfectly, the blade has a great finish and the peening has come out brilliantly!
Hope she's a sweet shaver!
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11-16-2010, 06:11 PM #13Senior Member
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There are some occations, when seeing someone's restore pics makes me want to run to my workbench and grab my tools. This was one of those moments. Exquisite work, I doubt it looked better new. Thanks for sharing!
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11-16-2010, 08:47 PM #14..mama I know we broke the rules...
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The pic of the tang stamp just made my jaw drop. Wow. An excellent job, and beautiful scales.
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11-17-2010, 12:02 AM #15Know thyself
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Hey Ben... I've got this razor... can you make me some scales? You do beautiful work.
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11-18-2010, 01:22 AM #16Member
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Sweeeeet.
Got a spare to share?
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11-19-2010, 12:11 AM #17The Great & Powerful Oz
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Ben ! That's a stunner. You really captured the Sheffield look there. Nice work
btw you know that Barbers Pet is by C.F. Ern also. Wouldn't call any of his razors junk
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11-19-2010, 03:54 PM #18Striving for a perfect shave.
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Great job. It looks NOS.
I strop my razor with my eyes closed.
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11-27-2010, 02:41 AM #19Invincible
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BK. superb work, classy and sleek scales, you did a great job on your w&b!
Originally Posted by BKratchmer
As some of you know, I have a razor collection that could be described as "junk." In spite of my restoration hobby, I only have 3 shavers-- a beaten Torrey, a tarnished ERN, and a Barber's Pet. The only restorations I have kept are the failed experiments, the stuff that I just couldn't hand off to someone else because it was less than perfect...
...until now!
A couple weeks ago I was finishing up a few razors for a fellow who wanted me to clean up some old family heirlooms. I had planned to come back up to school Tuesday morning, but I woke up and said "I'm making one for me!" and so I took off Tuesday, dug out a rusty old W&B, and began working... a lot of buffing later, some acrylic, some pins, and this is what came out.
Based the scales on a traditional W&B design, but made them with a really deep filed profile.
I just set up a new light box, and I'm going to have to play around with the lights... these aren't as good as I want them to be, but I'm not going to have time to tinker with the lighting for a few more weeks, so they'll do.
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11-27-2010, 01:47 PM #20Junior Member
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Absolutely gorgeous.
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