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11-16-2010, 05:22 AM #1Scale Maniac
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W&B Chopper -- And She's Mine! MINE!
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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11-16-2010, 05:48 AM #2Senior Member
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Looking Good!! Nice tight work. Cool washers and A+ pean job. I like it!!
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11-16-2010, 06:23 AM #3Carbon-steel-aholic
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Very nice
Very clean looking, good job on the stamps they look great
I bet my stuff would beat yours as far as "Rat" blades would be concerned
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11-16-2010, 11:21 AM #4Lookin like a crim
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Wow, that came up Beautiful. After all the razors youve done you deserve a sweet one like that for the personal collection.
"I aint like that no more...my wife, she cured me of drinking and wickedness"
Clint Eastwood as William Munny in Unforgiven
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11-16-2010, 11:34 AM #5Senior Member
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Congrats on getting to a razor for yourself Ben! Excellent work!
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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11-16-2010, 11:58 AM #6Modine
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Very nice Ben. Smooth shaves await you. I like the butter cream coti too.
Mike
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11-16-2010, 12:18 PM #7Junior Member
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Wow, nice job! I've got a Celebrated Wade & Butcher purchased on Ebay. The scale was broken so it's repinned
I will try to rescale.
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11-16-2010, 03:20 PM #8
Superb job.
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11-16-2010, 03:48 PM #9
An elegant solution for a brutal blade. The workmanship is exquisite! The pins are almost NOS; but nicer!
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~RichardBe yourself; everyone else is already taken.
- Oscar Wilde
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11-16-2010, 03:54 PM #10Senior Member
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Look good, I like it.
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