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Turn Folding Feather into a stright Japanese handle razor?
Has anyone ever tried turning the folding Feather SS into a straight inline handle Japanese razor such as this one: https://www.amazon.com/Feather-Japan...D5NHXT88CH1GZN
I have a machine shop, and was a Boeing drill press operator for years. Would be simple matter to drill a small hole thought the scales and tang, then insert a removable "pin" into the hole making the folder a non-folding and then shaving as a Japanese straight with a solid handle. :) Take out the pin and it becomes a folder again. I have always had issues with the holding of straight razors doing my left side of my face since I only use my right hand and hard to see what I'm doing. This way, I could then see again, like my DE razors.
This evening I drilled a small hole through both handle and blade tang (could be done on any folding razor) and inserted a tooth pick. One could also insert a small steel pin or brass, just as easy. This locks the handle into an open non-moving position. Illustrated in pics below:
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