This razor just ended up bringing everything together. Sadly the MOP is cracked at the pivot, but you can't win them all. Very happy with it overall.
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This razor just ended up bringing everything together. Sadly the MOP is cracked at the pivot, but you can't win them all. Very happy with it overall.
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Sweet looking razor!
Wow!!!!! Now that is one of the most unique looking blades I've ever seen.....
I would lot to know what that Little M'ester was smoking when he came up with that particular design. It's so bizarre.
I love it.
Is that Hindi script on the blade ?
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Sort of.Quote:
Originally Posted by bongo
It's intended to be a Devangari rendition of the word WOOTZ, which is what Europeans thought Indians called steel.
(I previously hosed down the forum with a goodly quantity of misinformation about the word and its origins, consider this a correction)
That is definitely a unique looking tang on that blade & a frame back on top of that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Voidmonster
Unique to say the least.Do you think it was once equiped with a blade guard ?
Nice and unusual. And heck, as far as cracks go, that one looks like a fancy one itself :<0)
Myself, I think it was just the makers design.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirm
It is a unique razor, but I like it!!
I utterly dislike the look of this razor, but it's indeed a rare one. :)
I never liked those scales with two or three different parts (MOP, ivory, tortoise...)
Can be seen on old Chatellerault knives for example, but.... :shrug:
The actual owner of Thiers Issard have quite a lot of razors scaled like this.
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I still dislike. ^^
I'm with Thaeris on this one. :)
I've gone back and forth, but appreciate the odd shapes. And it's definitely original, as the entire surface of the oddly-shaped tang is jimped ;)
I wouldn't want a whole lot of them, but I really do enjoy the combination of MOP and tortoise.
I am making a guess here!!
As the size of available bi-valves dwindled, the scales went from full MOP to 1/3-2/3, and then to three panel. Seems to be that way from some of the razors I have seen. Getting a full scale or two from a shell, now days is close to impossible.
I have checked sources around the world and "no, sorry" is the only answer I have gotten in the last few years. I have seen sources, occasionally, for the 2/3 length size slabs in 1mm thickness and sufficient width.
~Richard
An old MOP razor with liners and an EXTREMELY cool blade which has had the scales busted 9 ways to Sunday. Either tortoise, or more likely, dyed horn, has been substituted. All very old. Very cool. I have one I did. Pearl and ivory. Do what you can! :rofl2: Cannot think many were made on purpose. Like Thaeris, I had rather see it done differently! It works, though.
