Thread: Who is NOT signing up for a Maestro?

I'm not....just purchased a TI Silverwing from rasurpur.de so I'm a little short on cash.

Not interested in stainless blades, so not getting in on this round up.

I considered it initially but I'm not really a group anything kinda guy, I like my stuff to be, well.... my stuff. I have something cooking with Joe Chandler and it'll be what I wanted rather than a one of X number of razors. I have nothing against limited issues of anything, I just like to pick and chose exactly what I want and most of the time it's just a bit different than the norm. I will most likely order something from Livi, I'm just not sure what it is yet.

Regards

Christian

Well, fortunately I do NOT have RAD! So I'm out.


Scott

I have enough projects and working shavers. Pretty as the Maestro's are, I don't feel like the money is justified.

Originally Posted by Bruno

for pattern welded:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16130

For Wootz:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16614

For Tamahagane:
Look at this, and imagine what a razor would look like
http://www.swordsoftheeast.com/brows...-of-Theme.html

I have no idea what a Tamahagane razor would cost.

But I hope that -one day- I will have enough razor money to approach a Japanese master smith via a person like So, and have one made for me.
One can always dream, I suppose.

Well I can tell you that an Iwasaki with the Tamahagne Steel blade a couple of years ago went for a hair over $2000.00. Now you can't even find them at any price.

Originally Posted by Bruno

for pattern welded:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16130

For Wootz:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16614

For Tamahagane:
Look at this, and imagine what a razor would look like
http://www.swordsoftheeast.com/brows...-of-Theme.html

I have no idea what a Tamahagane razor would cost.

But I hope that -one day- I will have enough razor money to approach a Japanese master smith via a person like So, and have one made for me.
One can always dream, I suppose.

The tamahagane steel looks cool... After reading about it, I'd almost bet that Takeda damascus is made in the same fashion.

Nothing inherently special about tamahagane, except for its exclusivity due to the inefficiency of production and lack of availability. In Minnesota, there's the occasional tatara smelt, but that stuff gets gobbled up pretty fast. For more information on that, you could talk to Mike Blue.

Another possibility that I don't really recommend (for many reasons), but could potentially pan out...is to find severely damaged tanto that use shihozume or sanmai construction (kobuse, the most common laminate technique with a V shaped jacket of high-carbon over a core of low-carbon steel or even iron, would be poor for blades as thin as razors), and recycle the material. Ideally find something that is beyond restoration with severe chips or cracks in the tip or monouchi. If it just has a tiny chip near the handle, leave it alone as it could be restored by shortening. The trick is to find blades that you know are not kobuse, are not historically valuable, are not restorable. I think some would still take offense to recycling the material, but it's not too bad.

I would have expected to see some welded cable razors in the custom sector because of the look of the patterning and relative ease of manufacture, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be common.

Not me - I'm saving the pennies for something else.....






James.

who makes that James.......Very nice indeed