It's Shell Time - 4 in various shell

[dirtychrome]

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


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

[Wortmanb]

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

[Catrentshaving]

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

[nessmuck]

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

[lz6]

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

[dirtychrome]

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.

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

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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...Do you dome those washers yourself?

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.

[Maxi]

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

[a_macdiarmid]

yup those sure are nice to look at.

[jcsixx]

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

[MileMarker60]

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!