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07-06-2007, 03:50 AM #1Razorsmith
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My $60 Wapienica...
What do you do with a $12 razor that outshaves your $60-$100 razors? Why, send it to Joe Chandler for a set of horn scales...
I love my Wapienicas, and I thought one deserved to be promoted to a very special place in my rotation.
Joe made a set of black horn scales, which turned out beautifully. He was kind enough to humor my requests on the shape of the scales and on the red spacer, a nod to the razor's Soviet bloc past.
I asked for him to engrave my initials, and he selected this font, which I think is perfect.
Thanks a million, Joe! You are an artist.
Josh
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07-06-2007, 04:07 AM #2Lover of the Boar
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Good grief! I love it!
Thanks for sharing.
Ernest
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07-06-2007, 04:11 AM #3Razorsmith
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My too. I can't stop staring at it.
Josh
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07-06-2007, 04:20 AM #4Senior Member
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I like it
Cheers
Ivo
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07-06-2007, 04:23 AM #5Senior Member
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Wow... looks amazing.
Must.... resist..."But you're not as confused as him are you. I mean, it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel. "
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07-06-2007, 04:46 AM #6Senior Member
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That's beautiful.
How did he do the engraving? was that an acid etching, or a true engraving?
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07-06-2007, 04:59 AM #7Senior Member
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I love it.
I have one Wapienica with black ebony scales on it, and it looks nice. I have to remove them, and put a gloss finish on them though...
Nenad
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07-06-2007, 05:23 AM #8There is no charge for Awesomeness
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Wow Josh - that's come up amazing! These Wapis - is there anything they can't do
James.<This signature intentionally left blank>
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07-06-2007, 08:02 AM #9Pogonotomy rules
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What a great upgrade. How does it feel with respect to balance now it no longer has CS scales?
I guess the etching means this one won't be sold to a newbie sometime in the future?
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07-06-2007, 10:39 AM #10Member
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Wow! Simple yet very, very cool. I see the metal used in those hold Start Treaty dismantled ballistic missiles is much better than the steel in those Russian T-34 tanks in Pakistan! Woooo Hoooo.
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