Sheffield Blade in Buffalo and Cow

The wife and kids have been away for a couple of days so my evenings have been busy finishing this one off.
I have a couple of Invictas in the collection that I've restored to their original look, and to be honest this one was pretty plain lookin. So I felt OK about personalizing this one a little
I re-shaped the toe, added a notch in the tang and re-shaped the tail a little.
The 13/16th blade didnt quite get to mirror finish, but I can live with it.
I'm really happy with the way the horn scales turned out, the slab had some really nice color and contrast to it.
The wedge is cow bone, with Nickel Silver pins and Stainless washers

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Cheers
Grant

Awesome work Grant!

Wow!!! That is some beautiful work you've done there!!

Very nicely done. :tu I really like the horn and the pinning is done very nicely. Keep them coming.

Excellent work Grant :tu I really like the way you reshaped the toe and the horn scales look perfect!
Glenn

Holy smokes Grant, that is a smooth operator. Great job man! :)

Absolutely lovely work Grant

Spectacular.

Simply beautiful

Night and day difference. That really turned out nice. Very nice.

Ray

PS. You did a really good job matching the horn from one side to the other. looks good.

The scales look flawless, great workmanship nice flowing lines.

I like the hammer also, it looks like you bought it back to life also.

Charlie

Well done Grant.
It's a beauty!

Great job! Looks like a million dollars compared to old plain look.

Now thats a damn fine lookin razor! Beautiful work Grant :tu

It has Grant written all over it. I can tell you put all your love in this one. Marvelous mate. :rock:

Spectacular work Grant!!:tu

She's beautiful, excellent job you've done there Grant!

Love those scales - we need more horn scales! :bow:

James.

Stellar work! That razor is beautifully done.

Transformed!! This is a very appealing razor to me with its sleek lines and excellent craftsmanship! Ken

"can live with it"??? Mate - that is brilliant work Grant.
Guess we are always our own toughest critics. That is a sweet razor after your touch.
Adam

You have a great eye for shaping those razors. I agree with Max, it has Grant written all over it. Well done.

Shon

Whenever this gets bumped, I see that razor again and love it again. You did an amazing job!

Whoa! There's a difference in a grinder and a good one! You are getting to be a good one! That thing has to be the save of the year! Scales are sweet! Extremely impressed! :bow ..........Tom

that is absolutely an amazing turnaround. while i knew it was the same, i just couldn't believe it. I hope you understand that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery and i have been looking for some shapes and concepts and this one has got me excited.

some questions.. do you spend quite a bit of time drafting curves and lines on paper or what? the short wedge, pretty cool, what gave yo that idea or was it just spur of the moment. is the thumb notch comfortable at that size?

and again i love the french points that you do... great job.. outstanding

Dude ! You've acquired the alchemist touch. Great transformation & beautiful horn :)

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that is absolutely an amazing turnaround. while i knew it was the same, i just couldn't believe it. I hope you understand that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery and i have been looking for some shapes and concepts and this one has got me excited.

some questions.. do you spend quite a bit of time drafting curves and lines on paper or what? the short wedge, pretty cool, what gave yo that idea or was it just spur of the moment. is the thumb notch comfortable at that size?

and again i love the french points that you do... great job.. outstanding

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I cant take credit for the short wedge, I have seen it done by Buddel who is a member here and an amazing razor artist. I've always found his designs amazing and inspirational and some of his design elements are deep in my subconscious.
Yeah, I can spend days thinking about how shape the blade and scales, I must have done 10 different scale designs for this one, and then ended up using the first one.
Certain things with the blade are dictated by the blade itself, for example the toe had some nasty rust and heavy hone ware on the spine. So the toe was kind of asking to be shaped like that.

Thanks to everybody for your kind comments on this one, I'm very proud of how it turned out.
I had my first shave with it a couple of days ago and it is SWEET. :y
Grant

What a great transformation. Love the horn scales.

That look like absolutley perfect!! so.. that blade isn't mirror finished huh?.. looks pretty mirrorfinished to me. Well, it seems my standards is a bit off :) superb