It's Shell Time - 4 in various shell

Here are four razors done in shell type materials, that got completed this weekend.

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Two Boker 1056 were a pleasure to work with these iconic blades.
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1st Boker in Abalone, black backing/clear front. Acrylic wedge powder blue/white flecks, mild dome to stainless washers, with nickle rods.
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2nd Boker in Paua, black backing/clear front. Acrylic wedge frost red/black streaks, mild dome to stainless washers, with nickle rods.
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3rd AIC in Abalone, red backing/clear front. Acrylic wedge brown/red streaks, heavy doming to stainless washers, with nickle rods.
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4th Dovo in Abalone celluloid. Gold wedge (real gold flakes mixed with epoxy resign). Brass star washer (from beads), brass rod.
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Many more images available here.
My regular site needs update, but these 4 have may more detail shots at the link noted

Gorgeous. Did you do the spines on the Bokers or were they already filed?

Beautiful! I gotta get me some of that shell. Very nice work:)

The red one does it for me !!!!!!!!!! nice work!

Absolutely beautiful work! That red beauty really catches the eye.

These are all just wonderful looking razors. Wow. Nice job and thanks for posting.

yup those sure are nice to look at.

Every man's fantasy...Boker twins! Beautiful work as always!

The Red looks awesome too. I'm gonna have to go break a set of scales so I can get me some of that. :-D

Great work on all of them.
I like the Dovo, there's a lot going on with the Abalone but still has soft colors.
Well Done!

Great scales, I like all of them.

The shell is not my particular taste, but man you did a great job of it. Beautiful work.
Do you dome those washers yourself?

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Originally Posted by baldy

The shell is not my particular taste, but man you did a great job of it. Beautiful work.
Do you dome those washers yourself?

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'Not a shell fan, but wow, does your work do it proud! Great work!

Those scales are beautiful, I have come back to this thread to look at them a few times. The fit and finish looks perfect.

Charlie

Love the scales! I just did a W&B in some of that red shell and really like it.

Thanks gents for the encouraging comments! Pleasantly surprised with the positive red comments. Personally, I like the black backing better. The red backing is acrylic, so it does have an advantage; it does polish out much better than the black. The black will always stay flat. It would be nice if it would also shine like the rest of the razor. These all have been sanded up to 12000 grit, then polished. Shell may be one of those love/hate, but I think its a nice way to add color to everyones collection.

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Originally Posted by Wortmanb

Gorgeous. Did you do the spines on the Bokers or were they already filed?

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No, those are gorgeously original on these blades. I got derailed due to that spine work. They really aren't much wider than a 'normal' spine. The first scales I made were much narrower than these finished ones. The spine art left an illusion that the razor was top heavy with those. I re-made them, and really like the proportions now

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Originally Posted by baldy

...Do you dome those washers yourself?

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Yes. With doming/dapping kit. The Bokers were the 2nd to largest dapping hole with the 2nd to largest doming punch of my kit. just wanted to soften the edge of flat washer. The AIC(red) was at the opposite of that kit spectrum...maybe third to smallest punch. Also placed a small washer under the domed washers to help retain contour.

Beautiful restores DC. I'm a sucker for abalone and paua

Bob

Man. Walt, those are simply georgeous! Did you do the suspended gold yourself? Simply amazing work. I love them!! They all have different pins, and exude their own individual style. I would say a seven day set is in the making! Kudos:beer1:
Tom

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

...Did you do the suspended gold yourself?

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The wedge was done with epoxy resin and gold flakes. I had residual slurry when I made these gold scales, so had poured some wedge material at that time.

Thanks for the mention.

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Originally Posted by dirtychrome

The wedge was done with epoxy resin and gold flakes. I had residual slurry when I made these gold scales, so had poured some wedge material at that time.

Thanks for the mention.

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No thanks necessary! The razors speak for themselves! I would love to hang out in your workshop for a day!:)

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Originally Posted by dirtychrome

The wedge was done with epoxy resin and gold flakes. I had residual slurry when I made these gold scales, so had poured some wedge material at that time.

Thanks for the mention.

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Very cool.

Thanks for sharing Walt. It's beautiful work. I have to say, originally when I saw scales similar to these I did not know what they were made of (assumed celluloid/plastic of some sort) and have never been into tie-dye or psychedelic colors/prints. They did nothing for me. Your work is supreme, and a little education helps as well. I'm still digging that Chameleon Paua set you made. Very nice.

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Originally Posted by BigJim

Thanks for sharing Walt. It's beautiful work. I have to say, originally when I saw scales similar to these I did not know what they were made of (assumed celluloid/plastic of some sort) and have never been into tie-dye or psychedelic colors/prints. They did nothing for me. Your work is supreme, and a little education helps as well. I'm still digging that Chameleon Paua set you made. Very nice.

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Chameleon Paua

Thanks Jim

The razors I posted in this thread were all made with off the shelf material. The first three is shell on acrylic from Masecraft, last Dovo is celluloid. Although the gold wedge on the Dovo I made the material. There I go making confusing again, lol

The more recent thread I did
http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...time-ptii.html
is material I "made" by placing raw shell on g10 and coating clear.


Sorry if i made confusing

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I don't know what its official name is, but the one in the newer thread that I called Chameleon Zebra Paua I too get a kick out of. It's fun how the raw material really is ugly. Then treated has those interesting stripes when viewed one way, but other angles pure flamboyance.

I respect that the shell and sparkle isn't for everyone. I also enjoy traditional materials. I appreciate guys like you that appreciate the workmenship as much as the eye candy.