Thread: Mparker gets a new razor.

Here's the result and I hope you like it. Buffalo horn 11/16 oblique point, worked back, jimps top and bottom on the shank, thin tang and diamond back.

Again with tempting poor broke me, Robert

oh holy hell but that's it - dead on the money Robert! much nicer than my lousy pencil sketches!

Wow,

That's Sweet!!

The goals for this razor were a very thin, light, feathery razor with elegant, flowing lines. There were several places where this played out in the design, namely the thinned shank, the very hollow blade (3/4-4/4 hollow simplex grind), the shoulderless grind, and the gunstock style scales. Additional elements flowed from this, such as the thumb notch , the jimps on tang and tail, and the jimps flowing up onto the blade - all of these improve the amount of control on such a light razor.

Inspirations for this came from several favorites of mine. Waterville fans probably recognized the blade outline immediately - it was based on my first Waterville, this particular example was made in England and has a slightly different feel from my others. The jimps that flow up over the blade was a feature of that same razor, and come in handy when using some inverted holds when shaving the neck area and up under the sideburns. I've got a couple of old swedish composite framebacks where the shank is just the thin sheet of steel that forms the blade - the extra material that forms the spine is only present on the blade section, so the shank is only 1/16" thick. I really love the weight reduction that this provides, and the thin shank means the jimps get a much better bite on your fingers.

The oblique point a variant of something I've seen on several of my razors, and most directly inspired from a Puma I narrowly missed. The use of plain black horn help focus attention on the blade itself, and the light hammer marks emphasize the hand-forged nature of the razor and the contrast of the smooth and hammered surfaces highlight the flowing lines of the blade.

Yeah, I put way too much thought into this razor. But Robert surpassed my dreams.

That's a very nice looking and refined piece. Good choices in design, and the execution of it is great.

Originally Posted by mparker762

The goals for this razor were a very thin, light, feathery razor with elegant, flowing lines. There were several places where this played out in the design, namely the thinned shank, the very hollow blade (3/4-4/4 hollow simplex grind), the shoulderless grind, and the gunstock style scales. Additional elements flowed from this, such as the thumb notch , the jimps on tang and tail, and the jimps flowing up onto the blade - all of these improve the amount of control on such a light razor.

Inspirations for this came from several favorites of mine. Waterville fans probably recognized the blade outline immediately - it was based on my first Waterville, this particular example was made in England and has a slightly different feel from my others. The jimps that flow up over the blade was a feature of that same razor, and come in handy when using some inverted holds when shaving the neck area and up under the sideburns. I've got a couple of old swedish composite framebacks where the shank is just the thin sheet of steel that forms the blade - the extra material that forms the spine is only present on the blade section, so the shank is only 1/16" thick. I really love the weight reduction that this provides, and the thin shank means the jimps get a much better bite on your fingers.

The oblique point a variant of something I've seen on several of my razors, and most directly inspired from a Puma I narrowly missed. The use of plain black horn help focus attention on the blade itself, and the light hammer marks emphasize the hand-forged nature of the razor and the contrast of the smooth and hammered surfaces highlight the flowing lines of the blade.

Yeah, I put way too much thought into this razor. But Robert surpassed my dreams.

It looks Fantastic!!, looks like Robert was able to breathe life into your design. Enjoy that Beauty

Cost??

Thanks,

Lynn

Drool!

Do mine next!

Great looking razor, I hope that you enjoy it. Clearly Robert is leading in razor design and manafacture.