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12-31-2010, 09:59 PM #1Scale Maniac
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Ernst Schwartz "Hamburg Ring" in Ebony
This is a really, really nice razor!
I had no idea what a gem this was when I bought it-- nor did I realize it had terrible cell. rot that the eBay photos didn't show. Covered in rust and paper-thin, I didn't know if this one would make it. To try and save it, I spent several hours with emery compound instead of sanding or greaseless, and after a lot of buffing it turned out pretty darn well....
I put it in some minimalist modern scales-- ebony, matte finish, with a notch in the scales for your ring finger and pinky when you use the razor. Wedge is CA-coated bloodwood, and the pins are nickel-silver. Super-thin scales (1/16th thick) that have a fantastic, springy bow to them...
...this is 7/8ths, oblique point, ultra-hollow ground, and makes the most wonderful "ting" on the hones and the strop. Honed like a dream, and this is also quite positively the very best shaving razor I have ever used!
I apologize for the absence of before photos! I think this turned out pretty well for a "surprise" of a project.
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12-31-2010, 10:07 PM #2Predictably Unpredictiable
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Beautiful!!!
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Albert Einstein
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12-31-2010, 10:20 PM #3Senior Moderator
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+ 10 on the beautiful. And these are amazing shavers.
Bob
"God is a Havana smoker. I have seen his gray clouds" Gainsburg
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12-31-2010, 10:25 PM #4Antisocialite
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I believe I have soiled myself. That is a beautiful razor,and some fine craftsmanship on those scales.
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12-31-2010, 11:35 PM #5Poor Fit
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Very nice! I especially like what you did with the wedge end...very cool look
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01-01-2011, 12:06 AM #6Senior Member
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Nice job, I really like the shape of that blade.
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01-01-2011, 03:51 PM #750 year str. shaver
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Great job on your scales. Ebony is totally cool.....
JERRY
OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.
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01-01-2011, 04:30 PM #8Senior Member
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Splendid work Ben and a nice razor. I really like your wood selection and the style. It fits the razor very nicely.
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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01-03-2011, 04:08 AM #9The Great & Powerful Oz
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Great effort on the 'gently gently' approach. Cleaned up that cell rot nicely & the scales compliment the razor. Ultra hollow, ultra slim, ultra shaver
“The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”
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01-03-2011, 08:59 PM #10Scale Maniac
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Thanks for all the remarks! I just mailed this to its new home, and it was very, VERY hard to let it go. I'm going to have to look for one of these for my own collection...
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