Thread: Blood, Lace and Ebony (wood), Oh my!

Ok. Here are a set of scales that have taken me a long time to complete... not because they were a pain in the ass (I admit, they were a bit tricky), but because, well, I was busy with other things... So, this project has been sittin' around for a while. Well, enough of my rambling, the design was an attempt to minimalize the amount of scale coverage (I'm not sure I did that), keep the three-pin design I like, and try to make them as streamline to the razor as possible.

You can see in the original sketch that the blade-spine was suppose to be continuous with the end, however, after pinning, that damn spine sticks up a little. Oh well. They are blue plastic lined (only stuff I have, so all my custom scales are blue plastic lined) followed by a brass liner, and then the outer wood... The wood is Ebony, lacewood (hardened with Minwax wood hardener - rub on stuff), and bloodwood. The endspacer is ebony with brass liner on either side (sorry, no image of that). There are many coats of True-Oil that I am leaving as a lackered look.

The H.Boker Razor was one that was kindly sold to me by one of our more 'vocal' members (thanks!). The original scales looked to be a replacement of old (the end looked sanded down to fit). There are a slew of flaws in this new set of scales, that I think I could fix if I cared or had the energy, and would do differently if I were to make this style again. But we'll see if that ever happens. All in all, I'm pleased with them.

Now I just need to touch it up on the hone and have at it!!

C utz

Truely beautiful!

Wicked great! Inspirational, as well. Muy excelente!

i dont have words....


great work

Dude, you just rocked my world. Superly done to say the least.

X

Very creative design Chris! Now I want to hone up the King Cutter, but the plane leaves in 9 hours

Aye caramba Fiiiine work, C,


Nenad

I really like the combination of all 3 woods -- striking visually, yet complementary to me. The scale profile is quite creative, and allows the blade to be the center of attention as it is "framed" by the scales around it in the closed position.

Beautiful mate. This is great craftsman ship. Very inspriational!!

Can i just ask, do you design the scales with the blade in the closed position only, or see how it looks open to? A total nerd question i know, but being a furniture designer/maker, it's very interesting!!

But really, beautful!!

I must admit that I`m a bit of a traditionalist and it is not my cup of tea ,however the work is exellent and I know what you had to do to make them, well done
Kind regards Peter