Printable View
This is a 9/8 French point with some file work, longer tail and slightly curved tang. Grind is a little hollower than 1/4 hollow. Steel is O1. Scales are M3 Mokume Gane Cobaltium with silver nickel pins and silver nickel/brass washers. Has been tapered with a G10 Hunter Orange wedge. Have a great Sunday.
Attachment 83723Attachment 83724Attachment 83725Attachment 83726Attachment 83728Attachment 83727Attachment 83729Attachment 83730Attachment 83731
It is beautiful Max. Thanks for sharing. The file work on the end of the tail is a nice touch.
That is a beautiful blade. I really like the look of the longer tail, especially with that file work in it.
WOW! That's cool. Thanks for sharing.
Make razor, take pictures, send to Charlie for testing, I am pretty sure those are the correct steps to follow.
I too like the subtle work on the tail, that is a beautiful razor.
Charlie
Beautiful work as usual Max. Some one will be extremely happy and surprised at how good a shaver you put out.
I like the shape of the blade and I especially like the shape of the tail.
Ceautiful job MAX.
Max,
After taking a third look:) I have to ask, Did you make the stair stepped washers or do you have a source for those? I like the way those look.
Ray
I just stack them with the #0 wide and #0 sized washers from micro-fastners. Depending the stacked look I go with brass/ss/brass or ss/brass/ss. Pins will be silver nickel or brass, again depending the blending and or look I'm aiming for. The rest is all hand peening/buffing to get them to look the way you see. One can use 3 or 2 layered.Quote:
Originally Posted by RayCover
Plus 1 on all the above comments. Specifically, I really like the little detail of the v shaped channel in the wedge. Just one more cool detail on an outstanding piece of useable art. Incidently, where do you get your etching stencils? I'm trying to figure that piece out.
Man, this one is an absolute stunner
Grantt
Max,
Absolutely and stunningly gorgeous blade Max:bow
Mind = blown ;-)
STUNNER !!!!
Just awesome all around !
And wow that sold fast.....
Very attractive razor. Your color choice on the scale material and the contrast to your blade finish is very smart looking. Just a real looker Max. Fantastic work! Ken
Great job MAX love your work!!:bow
You are a great razor artist.
Thanks for sharing Max.
See you soon in June in Vegas
Hunka, hunka love! :D
Snazzy doesn't really do your work justice Max, but that's what comes to mind when I look at that file work. Beautiful work once again.
+ 1 What a great razor Max (you should also listen to Charlie, he has valid and important points)!Quote:
Originally Posted by spazola
Fabulous job on that Razor
The finer detail work make it a stand out
Thanks for sharing
Another beauty right down to the little detail on the tail Max!! Georgious work!
That is just MAXimum !!!!
Everything else has already been said, I have to keep making up new terms for your work brother :tu
OK Max, I have to admit I have been looking again. ;)
I notice that you have used different color variations of this scale material on different razors and you always refer to it as "mokume gane". The mokume gane I am familiar with is a Japanese metalsmithing technique for pattern welding non ferrous metals.
Is this a material you are making and have named Mokume gane because of the random color pattern or is this a material you are buying somewhere that has been named that? You have my curiosity piqued.
Ray
Ray, if you noticed I wrote M3 Mokume Gane in my first post. M3 Mokume Gane is a new composite material made out of contrasting M3 metals (*Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals) which share the visual characteristics, as the wood grain of Mokume-Gane. It's made of 95% real metal that has been atomized down to the molecular level and combined with special chemical binders. M3 stands for "Macro Molecular Metal".
*Copper, Bronze, Brass, Stainless Steel, Iron, Aluminum, Nickel Silver, Zinc, White Bronze. It's being offered by Masecraftsupply and metalpenblanks. Comes in different patterns, color combos and even mono colors. A few have used it to turn handles for their brushes too.
Thanks Max,
I have not seen this stuff before. It sounds like a high tech version of cold casting. WHen I was doing my graduate work in sculpture we did both cast bronzes and cold cast bronzes. We were able to get abotu 90% metal with bronze powders cast in epoxy resins. This sounds like a modern version of that technology.
Since it is mostly metal how is the weight? How does it compare to say a similar size piece of cocobolo or other heavy resin tropical wood?
I hope you don't mind me picking your brain here. If I'm being too much of a hassle let me know.
Ray
It's actually similar in weight to Micarta. I just weighted a piece of Mokume to a similar sized bone linen Micarta I had laying around and it topped out very close. It sands and works like any of the normal scale materials we are used to. No special tools needed. It does come with a small amount of 2 different polishing compounds which you use at the end when you're done sanding. One's a bit coarser, the other one is the final polishing compound. You thought G10, CF or Micarta was nasty. That stuff is even worse imo. Not only when cutting or master profiling on the belt sander but hand sanding. A big mess everywhere. Besides that it's a joy to work with.Quote:
Originally Posted by RayCover
:dropjaw::dropjaw:
WOW!!!! BEAUTIFULLL!!! The design is incredible!!:rock:
cheers
Dominic
Thanks for the info Max
Ray
Speechless, just speechless. And may I add Dayum!
It's awesome. The mokume is really growing on me. Also... I love the "Razor Pimp" brush
Hi Max,
Really nice, the detail on the tail is a nice touch and the clash orange works well too.
Sam
Fine photography of a fine blade. I must say those scales are very nice looking. Love the grain in them. I am very impressed with the notch-work out of the heel. Very impressive. I would love to have something like that.
Although I am sure it has been said before Max, your work on those fasteners is pristine. I dont think I have seen better. Ken
great razor, little too modern for me but well done and really really accurate.
Ken, people that know me also know I'm pretty anal when it comes to perfect peened pins, tight fitting scales and flush looking tapered wedges. :-)These are also the first things I look at when I see a razor.Quote:
Originally Posted by rangerdvs
