Circuit Board Scales, Krusius Brothers Blade

[dirtychrome]

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.

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*****if you intend to read the book, you may want to stop reading*****
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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Although not a hoarder, after reading the story I did reflect that I have a lot of razors and a few outdated computers.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.

[Ogershok]

That is unbelievably cool. For many years I worked in the circuit board fabrication industry. A razor after my own heart.

[spazola]

Those are some super looking scales, I like them a lot. I have the same KB blade it is one of my best shavers. That is a good use of materials.

Charlie

[gssixgun]

Very well executed, I love how you smoothed it all up...

There was a guy on here that did these way way back, went by "Garythepenman" or something like that... would have to really dig deep to find it now...

[holli4pirating]

Very nice work. The one think I don't like about most boards scale is that they are not symmetrical, but you aced that. And very smooth too.

[32t]

I particularly like the scale pattern in the last picture. (Do razors have a left and right side?)

Don't use it before bedtime. It sounds like a recipe for a nightmare.

Tim

[sharptonn]

Awesome job! I,too have seen circut board scales, but not of this quality! Gives us a reason to hold on to the mother boards as well as the hard drives. Kudos!

[baldy]

Very cool concept and very well executed.

[dirtychrome]

Thanks Guys. So many great comments. Thought I'd reply to a few of many...
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I have the same KB blade it is one of my best shavers.

I am looking forward to getting it honed to enjoy the shave. I wound up getting a few other KBs to find the right blade shape for this project. Kinda look forward to what will happen with those others too.
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...For many years I worked in the circuit board fabrication industry. A razor after my own heart.

Very well executed, I love how you smoothed it all up.

The one think I don't like about most boards scale is that they are not symmetrical, but you aced that. And very smooth too.

Thanks, trying to give an organic look with the angular material. The printed board has an intricate beauty when you look close at its detail. If you let it, it may be easy to have it take over and become too angular a look though.

But just because horn comes from a bovine, you don't necessarily put a cow theme to horn scales. Just like this material doesn't need to have a space age shape.
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There was a guy on here that did these way way back, went by "Garythepenman" or something like that... would have to really dig deep to find it now...

I remember Garythepenman's "Electric Razor".
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Gives us a reason to hold on to the mother boards as well as the hard drives

lol, yea, I've thought about those old old Laser Discs and Vinyl Records...hmmm
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That's what TRON shaves with. Really nicely done!

Doooh! Green Red and Tron! I didn't even realize I was making a seasonal razor.
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Very nice.. I will give you fair warning when using older motherboards stay way from the copper colored ones unless you seal the scales with CA as a wet blade can cause the copper to stick to the blade and oxidize. Haven't had the issue with any boards with silver wire etching. Also be careful of older motherboards as they may not be lead free.

Valid point. I think "you" refers in general use? These have been coated well. This not only makes it more comfortable to use, but I suspect retains long time usability. Lead free may also be valid, but many of my old razors aren't lead free either.
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... However, I thought you couldn't get circuit boards wet. lol.

haha sure you CAN. Everyday someone drops their phone in the, er, can. The iphone innards may be a little small. Anybody have a dunked ipad out there?

[HNSB]

Fantastic work! Nice job of taking an idea and executing it to perfection.