Thread: A Slice of Pi

Yesterday my Bruno custom arrived - my Pi razor.

It's kinda a long story in some ways, but not really in others. See, I asked Bruno if he could make me another custom (I have another from him from a few years ago). We went through the usual details - size, scale material, blade profile etc. And then I threw him a curveball (actually, probably more a knuckleball really):

Jimbo: "Hey Bruno, it would be cool if the scales could be inlayed with the Pi symbol!".

Bruno: "Um, OK sure."

Jimbo: "Oh, and by the way, I want the inlay to be coticule."

Bruno (sotto voce): "Damn Aussies"

Bruno: "Yeah sure Jimbo, I'll give that a crack."

Long story short, after a couple of iterations Bruno managed to use crushed coticule to inlay Pi on both sides of some beautiful ebony scales, and IMO opinion they look fantastic! (Pictures to follow at a later date - I have work all day today and I am posting this from the train).

The blade itself is beautiful - it is kind of a matte finish, but also kind of glossy/shiny too - I really like it. It's a curved blade with a lovely profile and fairly hollow ground. It's a perfect weight.

The scales are ebony with coticule Pi inlays - IMO the scales are a work of art, even without the Pi inlays. Smooth, thin, tremendous pinning and attention to detail, and they work perfectly with the blade profile to give the overall impression of a masterful piece of work.

To top it off, Bruno's mother made a box to house the razor in out of cork - it's a beautiful piece of work.

In addition to all that, when I opened the parcel out dropped another razor as well! A kamisori-shaped blade, rustic along the lines of Charlie's early work. In fact I thought it was a kamisori style blade to start, but Bruno pointed out it needs honing on both sides which is fine by me since I have no experience honing them. It was an awesomely generous thing to do, and is a reflection of what we already know about Bruno - he's the man (and always right).

Anyway, we'd done a deal on the Pi razor that I would hone it - so, all excited, I awoke this morning at 4am, got up and honed it. It didn't take long at all, and it took a very very good edge. The shave was one of the better ones I've had in fact - beautiful hand-feel, the edge was crisp and smooth, manoeuvrability was perfect.

Anyway, it's all getting a bit long to read, so let me just say that I give this razor 3.14159265358979323846 out of pi. Thanks Bruno!

James.

After that story and background, I'm dying to see pics!

Yeah, sorry about that - I just got excited post-shave. I will get pics up by this time tomorrow.

EDIT: In fact, there are some pictures of it already in this thread. I'll take some more of the razor, box and the other razor tomorrow.

James.

You mean it doesn't look like this.

Jonathan

waiting on pics,,,,,,,,,,,

Sorry sorry - had some things going on and then forgot. Here are some pics of my new pride and joys ! The box, by the way, is made of cork and is awesome! I couldn't close up well enough, but it has a little "BRUNO" stamped discretely on the side too.



James.

Pffffff my algebra teacher always tried to tell my that line. Pie are not square. My grandma made em ,my mom made em, my ex made em, and they were all round. ANd why does everybody misspell this word all the time when there doing math ?

At least the razor looks nice and has some very clean looking lines. Nice Bruno ! Lucky James !

It is always nice to get a wet shaver package of any sort but this one is a rare treat from a Mother and Son. I don't know how it could get any better. Enjoy Jimbo. Sweet deal.

Awesome Orson ! The cork box especially blows me away.

btw what's that big white rock with the chip out the corner.

Thank you for sharing them.