W&B For Barber's Use 7/8 - Full Custom

This beauty is heading back home to to Canada..
Alan sent this near mint W&B down for a custom re-build..
The original mirror finish was slightly messed up over the years so I tore it down and polished it back up and brought it back to almost exactly to the same original mirror, minus the minor corrosion...
The scales are Purpleheart that I warmed with a heatgun on to bring out a bit more of the Purple color on and the wedge is Turquoise.. Triple stacked washers on Nickle silver pins to hold her all together...

The finish is 10 coats of actual hand rubbed poly...

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Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.

Nice work G-Brother. Is that recon stone as a wedge? or one of your acrylics?. :tu

Tis the Recon Stone ma Brother, Phil got in some nicer stuff huh :D

All your razors are fantastic but for some reason I reallt really really like the scales with the Turquoise wedge. Nice combination.

Just a tip (that a lot of you may already know)...

The "Wiping Poly" sold by Minwax and others is regular poly cut 50/50 with mineral spirits. At $7-plus for a teensy tiny can of "wipe on" it really pays for me to make my own. The shelf life of poly, once opened, is four years. So, if you use it regularly, it'll pay to make up a batch.

Good info there :) thanks for sharing,

I actually did not know it lasted 4 years :hmmm: I toss any that is left over each year as I was under the assumtion that it was done after two...
I buy a new can and date the bottom with magic marker...

galactic razor. Well done. Do you sell it?:w

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galactic razor. Well done. Do you sell it?

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hehe... no chance. ;)

awesome glen. thanks alot

Looks fabulous. Do you cut your own washers? Or do you purchase the different sizes? They look great.

Glen,
Fabulous job on this W&B :tu...I love W&Bs

Classic beauty. New life!

Another beauty Glen! Great work as usual :tu

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I have one of those, excellent shaver.

Nice, Glen. :beer1:

Congrats to the owner.

Beautifull razor that, going to put one of these at the top of my want list;)


Cheers

Awesome looking color on those scales Glen. The washers give it a nice look and the turquoise makes it all pop. Congrats to it's proud owner.

Wow! Now that's a good looking razor. Those scales really make it pop!

Lovely work Glen, Washers look great and the wedge is a nice touch.
Your photos are getting better and better.;)

Nice job, Glen. What condition was it in at the start of the process?

I might still have pics or maybe Alan has them saved....

Very nice. The lines and collars give it original flavor. Good choice for wood as well! Solid looker! Kudos!:nj

What did you use to coat the purpleheart?

Looking fresh & crispy G man. :) The assymetric scale tips look great. In the first pic they remind me a little of a snake or lizard head with the pivot pin as the eye. No I'm not intoxicated... well, maybe last night :o

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What did you use to coat the purpleheart?

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Wipe on Poly

nope no pics sorry.