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Thread: John Barber pair in piqued ivory
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05-31-2014, 12:58 AM #1
Just like mine except not broken at the wedge pin - the only question I have is why haven't those showed up at my door.
I knew I am not using that pink whip often enough!!!!
If there was just one set of those, so far we've seen 4 of them. I have to check which day of the week is mine.
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05-31-2014, 07:31 PM #2
I snagged eBay pics of another pair like them, but kind of horrifically reground, patched up and generally held together with spit & baling wire. The eBay pair had double thumb-notches, but I think they were an aftermarket addition. They also had 'SILVER STEEL' as part of the spine stamp, so they definitely weren't part of the same set.
The one Hoglahoo posted on the wiki, on the other hand, has EXACTLY the same light regrind marks as this pair, which makes me awfully suspicious they came from the same set.-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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05-31-2014, 08:25 PM #3
I got one pined, of a carved ivory pair. The pins were ok but there were a broken part which needed a reparation.
Those two (three with the one in horn showed by Zak) are really neat. I'd like to find me a J. Barber
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05-31-2014, 09:19 PM #4
When I look at those scales I think of the term 'old world craftsmanship.' I wonder how many hours it took to carve, insert the decorative pins ? Out of the ordinary for sure. I think the same about the hand filed jimps seen on old Sheffields. Completely uniform in depth and spacing. Amazing the skill they had back in those days.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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06-01-2014, 02:02 AM #5
Oh yes! I remember seeing the CCC thread about repairing those scales. Superb work!
Who made the blade that's in those scales?
I'm guessing it probably took the old Sheffield scale hafters maybe as much as 20 minutes each for pairs of these scales.
Those old jimps, the perfect ones? The file cutters who did them worked faster than you could imagine. 2-3 grooves per second.
Those guys were FAST and incredibly good.
(And died young of grinders asthma, and were paid poorly)-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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06-01-2014, 09:04 AM #6
The blade is a Michel Désiré Pradier's one
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06-02-2014, 06:56 AM #7
I went back and scrutinized the pics of yours and also the one Hoglahoo has in the SRP Wiki, and I think these four are all from the same set.
They've all got the same weird die irregularity on the 'JOHN BARBER' part. It's 'JOH N.BARBER', complete with extraneous punctuation, on all four, which tells me it was a damaged die that they were stamped with.
So, Hoglahoo... What day is yours?-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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06-02-2014, 01:38 PM #8
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Thanked: 480If you find the whole set, you guys should arrange a reunion gather!
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06-09-2014, 06:52 AM #9
I did a partial restoration on the one I got, including a very light regrind to remove a previous very light regrind. (Thank you 10Pups!)
Heh. I'm so used to not polishing the jimps1 out that I left a bit of crud there. Oh well! Easy to fix.
- Traditionally the jimps were rarely ever polished, probably because most razors were polished on a lead lapping wheel and polishing the jimps would rake big grooves in the surface.
-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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06-09-2014, 07:48 AM #10
Splendide restoration !
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