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I'll just sorta let the pics speak for themselves...
Just having some fun with a new Acrylic color and an old W&B
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Very Nice!! Love those scales.
That color is great!
Nice job.
well done...and a new smiling blade
Lovely!
Was there any perticular reason you took the heel down like that or was it just to match the line of the shank/scales?
Brought back to life; to shave another 100 years.:angel:
Great work Glen..but what else is new...lol. Love that acrylic!
Beautiful all around as usual Glen, but I think I like what you did to the blade as much as anything.
Great lines!!
Will N.
I wish you had taken a photograph of the sparks when you ground down the entire underside of that great big tang, you must've lit up the neighbourhood!
Sick!!!! That acrylic colour is mindblowing. I love it.
Not really, just sorta started freehanding it and that is what came outQuote:
Originally Posted by jaycey
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Originally Posted by Catrentshaving
You guys have no idea, see in the center of the scales that White/Silver kind of frosting??? in real life that is almost 3D looking and sparkles :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxi
I even got a "OOOOOooooooo me likey" from the wife on this color hehehehe
I need to find the time to get it on the hones
Saaaa-lick!
Very nice. I see you've done a lot of restores with acrylics lately. What is your favorite medium? Wood, bone, acrylics, etc? And why?
Business related, for other people, it doesn't matter to me one bit, each one has good and bad points that you just deal with, and after all it is their razor not mine, so the look is their choice...Quote:
Originally Posted by joenasarino
Now personally I like near mint, very bright, and colorful American and Solingen 5/8 - 6/8 Extreme Hollow grind, spike points... The more Bling Bling the better, give me bright shiny steel and loud beautiful colors..
Give me Celluloid Cracked Ice baby, Brass inlays, Gold etch, and worked spines... yep the brighter the better...
All that being said it really is all about the steel in the end, doesn't matter what the razor looks like, if she shaves good...
Dude ! Awesome on so many levels. Love that Mona Lisa smile :D
wow, love what you did with the shape of the blade
Now that's some unique taste! I'm sure you've made yourself a razor exactly like the one you describe, and I think you should post a picture of it!Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Me, i like circa 1900 big, old w&b or joseph rodgers...history, nastalgia, royal cutlers, all that stuff. I love bone, horn, ivory, ornate, rare, exotic woods with inlays, layered woods, and a glistening finish and a blade with deep makers marks, mirror finish...old and classy, natural and vintage. And when I get done with it I'll post a pic too :)
Nicely done Glen :bow...woowwwww, I really like the scales' design and color. They're eye popping :tu.
PS: I am not a restorer and I do apologize in advance if this question seems naive or stupid, but why did you "shave off" the heel area :shrug:??!! Chipped, cracked? Or are my eyes deceiving me?
Sorry to join the conversation so late, I've been away for a few days. Sweet looking blade Glen, and another beautiful acrylic for the scales. Have you had a chance to hone/shave with this one yet?
Grant
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Hehe nope no real "reason" was just putting the smile back into it (pic #3) and was looking at it from the side and "saw" the curves in there, and just got carried away I guess... It looked to me when I got it that somebody tried to take the original smile that was most likely on it, off of it... So I added one back in spades :)
Tonight, I hope Grant I have been busy with trying to clear out other peoples razors this week...
Fantastic shape looks like a razor that should be used to shave in space....
I guess I should update this thread, I finally got some time to put an edge on this one the other day..
Went Chosera 1k for a solid bevel set, then the Henckels (aka Naniwa) 1-3-8 and finished on my Select Grade Coticule just like most Sheffield blades I do
The edge was way better than I expected, very smooth, _BUT_ for the type of shaving I do, the heel just doesn't work for me...
I need an "Exact" heel so I can trim in my beard, and this razor cannot have one... It would be a great shaver for somebody that is totally clean shaven since it handles so well... But it just doesn't work out for me
Fun project though
