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Thanks .
But maybe in the future for early Sheffield's from the 1800's or even blades from the 1920's I'll use something like G-10, Micarta ( just band saw it. Sand it and call it unique and...

Thank you for such a thoughtful and gracious reply Charlie .

The intent of building these razors wasn't to try and recreate a piece from the early 1800's. If it were I wouldn't have picked this...

Thanks so much guys.

As a follow up , this thing can shave! As some have told me " you started with a flea bay $30.00 POS razor"! Maybe. But even at that it certainly does the job admirably.

You're so right my friend!
I just finished honing it this minute. At first I thought it wasn't steel but Tungsten. And such a relatively thin blade. But once the bevel was there it was easy going . ...

It was brought to my attention that the script should read Supreme Tranchant. Once by a Frenchman and another who found an example of this blade with the full script. So,,, I had to also add the N...

Not really a problem since I don't sell my razors. That's why there are about 500 around here. Razors check in but they never check out. And I doubt anyone would be willing to buy these. I do them...

Haha, anything is possible . If they keep showing up I'll just split the set. All I need is an excuse of any kind to build more. I have enough Ivory on hand that I was considering a W&B set as I have...

A French theme was just for the two. Would I like to have bigger blades? Sure. But I didn't want to wait around hoping to find one stamped Monmartre in 7/8. I worked with what I had. The Japanese...

Sure, I don't see why not.

I see. It's interesting how screen names come about. Mine for example is my initials and my profession.

Thanks. And I'm curious about your name SoutherrnCarved being what mine is. Do you carve?

I just realized there is also a post further down this page which relates to carved scales as well. Forgot it was there.

Hehe,,, of course. But a guy can dream can't he!

Very nice! Now,... If you happen to find 2 that are perfectly flat , about 3/16" thick. 1" wide and 6" long we have to talk.

Thanks.
I used diamond burrs , files, X-acto knives , sandpaper etc. there is a " tutorial" in the workshop forum of others I've carved which show the steps and tools.

The others. Just 3 more to...

Please just call me Mark! And thank you!

If you happen to stumble across some nice specimens I'd be interested!

My pleasure. And don't hesitate to PM or email me if you get stuck.

Thank you and glad to hear you're giving it a try. I hope you found the tutorial in the workshop.

Thank you gentlemen. Yeah, give it a go. It's slow going but ultimately worth it.
I was inspired by the 60 piece set to have at it again. Some of the design elements from that set appear on this...

The finished razor.

This is the second French razor I planned on doing. This is the fourth carved razor for an ultimate set of 7.
The blade was missing parts of the script so I etched them back in place. While...