Friodur with Mother of Pearl/g10 scales

Here's a Henckels with it's handsome spine work.

I made the scales from Mother of Pearl on red G10 liners. Laminated and coated the shell in System3 MirrorCoat.

Nickel pins, triple washers of brass-stainless-brass and bone wedge.

This one came together in sort of a schizophrenic manner. I felt conflicted that I derailed the original direction that we discussed. End result though, very happy with the outcome.

More pics available here if wanted.

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amazing razor, I like it.

The Friodur blade is nice, but the scales are just beautiful! Very nice work!:rock:

Scales are amazing, I like the white and red color it works very well with the way pearl looks.
Fantastic Work.

Now that is amazing work of the highest order. I'm sure the owner of this beauty is jumping for joy!

That looks outstanding Walt. Your work keeps getting better and better. I'm definitely glad you derailed the initial direction with this one.

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Man, Walt, you have done a spectacular job on this! The combination of natural and Man-made materials melded in a perfect fit AND finish. Truly unique and worthy of high praise! Now my head is spinning! LOVE the collars. I am most impressed! SWEET!:cool::mexwave::bow

That is awesome work, I love those home made scales. The red backing looks great, and add enough interest without stealing focus from the lovely blade. Very nicely done, it's a classic.

That blew me away, very very nice. I love the scales big time!

Thats a true beauty right there! Very nice work :)

I'm not ususally a fan of MOP, but WOW! :bow This one is gorgeous. :tu

definitely a winner, that friodur blade looks awesome.

I also think your stacked washers look really cool.

As the wife I can tell you that he was jumping for joy! he told me the original idea earlier today and this definitely looks nicer. We may do our kitchen backsplash in mother of pearl that's how much he loves it. Thank you for your inspiration and for the work you do!

Thanks for my new screen backgound, DirtyChrome-that is stunning!

Awesome fitting on those MOP pieces :tu

Those scales sure are purdy.

Those scales are absolutely fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

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As the wife I can tell you that he was jumping for joy! he told me the original idea earlier today and this definitely looks nicer. We may do our kitchen backsplash in mother of pearl that's how much he loves it. Thank you for your inspiration and for the work you do!

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Wife hijacked my account. But she's right...great job.

Love the MOP over the red G-10. It's like lipstick on a pretty lady.

Great job

Hoss

Truly beautiful razor; it reminded me of "freshly cut" salmon. Sounds stupid, I guess. :shrug:

I wish my matching friodur had such a nice pair of scales

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Truly beautiful razor; it reminded me of "freshly cut" salmon. Sounds stupid, I guess. :shrug:

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No ,no, no , not stupid at all. Especially when cut with a properly polished Yanagi the rainbow colours from the oil will show up on the flesh. :)

Very beautifull.

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

Truly beautiful razor; it reminded me of "freshly cut" salmon. Sounds stupid, I guess. :shrug:

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Although I like the pretty lady analogy, I too really like the salmon comparison.

A nice piece of salmon cut for nigiri or sashimi is beautiful in color and simplicity. So much anticipation to pick it up and enjoy. Same I feel for this razor.

I shared with jcsixx this razor is still sitting on my desk (completing some others for him yet), and I keep picking it up, rolling in my hands to admire.

Also ScoutHikerDad mentioned he put as desk top. I realized these are lower resolution images, and so are the normal ones I put on my site. I put some high resolution images up here if anyone wants any

Thanks again to all for the encouragement and comments

I am still looking at this masterpiece! A desktop is in order for me as well. The pecision fit of the pearl is truly awesome. Thanks for sharing this, Walt!

Absolutely stunning job. Real eye candy!

Great scales for a wonderful shaver!
I love all the ways these razors can be scaled.
Your version is one of the best I've seen:)

I yet have to meet a Friodur I didn't like :w. Nicely done DC :tu. Fine looking MOP scales