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Oh, that reminded me, I like the look of those old W&B (and others) with curved spines. :)

About blade shapes, I really love the look (and feel) of my Heljestrand No.31 with the thumb notch and the little "nick" between the notch and the shoulder.

Talking of the TIPTLE, clearly many people like it and how it shaves, but I can't get around the fact that I think they looks ugly, as if something went wrong in the manufacturing process. I think...

I never got gold wash either, I definitely prefer a clean blade. When it comes to scales I don't mind a design on it, for instance Traveller's embossed epoxy scales looked gorgeous.