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    Default My new TI 7/8 Spanish Point

    Gentlemen I said I would do this "By the Book"

    First off the Knife Center did a great job, super fast shipping, and a well packaged box, Kudo's to them....

    I took pics as I went, one step at a time...

    The box showing all seals still intact, interesting that TI calls it a "hook nose" instead of a "Spanish Point"...

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    Showing the seal broken..

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    Default Opening up the well packed razor...

    The Packing

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    The Instructions, note how it states "shave ready".. There is even a notation saying that the singing razor should be paddle stropped !!!! and to only strop my new razor after several shaves..

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    A beautiful leather pouch..

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    Nicely wrapped inside the pouch....

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    Default Now the Razor!!!

    Gentlemen first let me say that I buy razors for the blade, doing what I do, we all knew I was planning on tearing the "Red Stamina Wood" scales off this blade before I ever saw them...

    That being said TI still is having the same Quality Control problems as they always have, These scales are what we have seen from them for a long time now...

    The scales are built crooked they are not close to being even, these pics are taken on the same glass stem as you have seen in almost all of my restores/customs... There is a crack in the finish on the back side scale near the pin, I see almost no angle to the wedge... You can see the off cant by the way the razor sits... These scales are totally not acceptable on any price point razor but at $240 they are a joke... NOT GOOD TI...

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    Default The blade !!!

    Now the blade, that is a different story... I see a near perfect grind and and a near perfect mirror finish the spine work is flawless even the etch is solid and straight....
    The edge, although it looks a little rough passes my arm hair test, so I will try a shave in the morning to see where it is really at... But I am impressed with what I see so far...

    Note my fingers in the pics because the scales are so badly made that the razor will not sit pretty for pics... Those pics we take as restorers tell quite a bit about the razors. First they tell the the razor is nice and tight if the blade stays open without anything stuck under the tang, they also show how straight the scales are made if the razor sits without leaning against anything with the blade half open... Always look for those freestanding pics from a restorer we don't just do them because they look cool...We are actually doing them to show off how exact our work is...

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    The balance is good BTW the feel of the razor is solid and the action opening and closing is not bad...
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    Nice blade Glen, I love the spine, but your right, Those scales, Man, they should be ashamed of themselves. TI has had QC issues for a while now....Honed up, they're great shavers. I have the SRP issue....
    We have assumed control !

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    I have to agree. Most TI razors are excellent, but the scales mostly show some kind of consistency in bad, crooked and uneven finish.

    At least it's one field of expertise we can design our own

    May it shave you well in may years to come G.

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    Congrats G-Man. Purrty blade ! Looking forward to the shave test report.
    Altho the scales ain't all that good I bet the blade won't disappoint
    “The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”

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    Real nice blade.Thanks for the extra pics.Keep us posted.

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    Let us know how it shaves, that is once you have finished with the pasted strop experiment. Which will be a long while from now!



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    Very nice blade Glen, I can't wait to see what home-brewed beauties you craft to house it!

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