Circuit Board Scales, Krusius Brothers Blade

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Inspired by the murder mystery The Broken Window, by Jeffery Deaver. The book was brought to my attention by a post from charlie762 here . One of the main characters has a collection of 89 razors, his favorite being a Krusius Brothers. This was enough for me to read this story.

Scales are from printed circuit board. To keep the sharp and pointy solder ends away from finger tips, the board/scales are finished inside and out with epoxy resin, sanded down to a round conture. Wedge is bone, stainless washers, nickle rods to pin together. Blade is Krusius Brothers.

*****spoiler alert*****
*****if you intend to read the book, you may want to stop reading*****
*****following mentions some details of the book.******

The bad guy is a horder. Part of his collections includes straight razors. The killer's favorite cut throat razor is used in his murders, his prized Krusius Brothers. Hence the choice of this blade.

Also one of the things he collects, is the digital idenity of people. He's a dataminer and hacker. Manipulating information to frame others for his evil deeds.

Although not a hoarder, after reading the story I did reflect that I have a lot of razors and a few outdated computers. To combine the living and digital elements of the story, I disassembled a 15 year old PC.

I felt the section of the mother board that had the memory would be appropriate for scales. To mimic blood drops glistening, the mounting holes of the board were filled with red glitter and the epoxy resin. Since he slices to the bone, bone was the choice for the wedge.

It isn't a straight razor book, nor does it claim to be. Uncomplentary to straight razor use, it's a weapon in the story. This doesn't take away that it was a fun mystery thriller. This stuck with me enough to put together this tribute razor.









***yikes! title typo on Circuit Board vs wrong spelling Circut Board...don't think I can edit title. What the heck, he is a cutter.