Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
Let's take our very own Bruno, I would say that his small run razors would fall into artisinal, even if I were to request a scale option that he didn't usually offer, or even if I purchased an unfinished blade and finished it myself or sent it off to someone to finish.
If i purchased an unfinished blade, changed it significantly and got it finished that might be customized but not really custom.
However if I were to design or even just rough out a razor and have it made by him as a one off then that would be a custom.
I see a lot of posts about custom razors that are really just made up from off the shelf parts, such as Hart razors etc. I don't believe these really are custom, but in the razor world "restoration" can encompass completely changing the look of a razor with sparkly acrylic and mirror finishes etc, so maybe definitions can be less rigid than we are otherwise used to.
I agree. Discussing restoration would open a whole new can of worms. These terms have been broadened so much that they don't mean anything.