Thread: Whiggamore's Navaja

Here are the pictures of my Thiers-Issard Pierre Thiers Limited Edition straight razor honed by Lynn Abrams, my Plisson made Thiers-Issard 26mm silver-tip badger hair shaving brush, and my half a giant clam shavng dish.

Whiggamore's navaja in the jungle:



Whiggamore's navaja on a Mayan Indian blanket:



Next, a Tony Miller or Illinois strop and a natural stone or two.

All beautiful. Now if the TI just had wood scales! Just kidding of course

Do you really use that for a shaving bowl? That's a great idea! I am going to steal your idea and try some local mussel shells I find in local streams.

p.s. great razor!

Need to rescale that razor in balsa or some other similarly premium exotic material

great photos! nice clam, whiggamore

Thank you guys! This was my wife's wedding gift, it represents about a year of her present wages, so it is far more special to me than any old razor hand forged by Pierre Thiers. Hehe.

Wish I could take credit for the half a clam shell but it was Beloved Wife's doing. It is the right size and retains heat well enough to give you warm lather for the second and third pass. Just let it sit in one of your wife's mixing bowls full of hot water. Of course, don't tell your wife, or you'll get slapped with a comal (a metal plate for baking tortillas)!

Wood? Balsa? Come on guys, blood was spilt for the horn scales! The roots of the almond tree you see in the first picture lead up to some juicy burls, though.

Nice set up Whigg. And your wifes shell idea was inspired too.

Whigg Mon!!!
Ya know, I really like that set up, Kinda fits for where yer at, Yeah I like that
Good Job!!!