What are you working on?

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That's a sweet LeCoultre! Nice closeup of the screw.

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Yes indeed, pretty sure the older ones had this type of watchmaker screw while the newer one just had a slotted screw, LeCoultre is much more famous as a watchmaker then razor maker.

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

It looks as a watch stem....Lecoultre was a watchmaker it seems?

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Indeed and still in business today Jaeger LeCoultre Swiss watches - Jaeger-LeCoultre | Jaeger-LeCoultre

Family business going way back
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...itzerland.html

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rezdog - do you make all those unique detailed scales yourself? what material is that?

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RezDog makes beautiful bone scales.

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Thanks guys. I am uncertain of what type of bone it is. I want to tell you it is camel bone, but I am not certain. This set looked pretty good as is. One of the issue with bone is it often looks very splotchy if it is not bleached.
I went all the way when I bought my tools for carving bone. I started with a 5" engravers vice and a set of engraver chisels. The chisels are most often seen advertised as gravers. There are several different types of metal that they are made from. It was a bit of a learning curve trying to figure out how to sharpen them. I have a few tutorial threads I would like to try. This is one of them. All in good time though as I am still at the early stages of learning myself. Other people can do the carving with a dremel, I tried and it makes no sense to me. I have a ton of bone blanks in transit so there will be a lot more carving going on here. I have some done for my projects but not nearly enough. I was counting razors today and I have a lot of carving to. Do here. I think I am going to try carving some horn too. It is going to be tricky though. I think if a guy want to get good at it he needs to go hang out in India for a couple of months. Slowly learning a little more every time.

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P.S. Sorry, RezDog, I should have said...
RezDog makes beautiful scales from a myriad of materials. The scales in question are made of bone.

I strained the homemade bay rum this morning and used it for my Caveman to Shaveman shave. Very nice scent that wasn't overpowering but more importantly was how soothing it was on skin that hasn't been shaved for a week. No, I didn't take a good sip of it like Dad did. I'll be waiting for cudarunner's results on his try at Mom's recipe. :)

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I strained the homemade bay rum this morning and used it for my Caveman to Shaveman shave. Very nice scent that wasn't overpowering but more importantly was how soothing it was on skin that hasn't been shaved for a week. No, I didn't take a good sip of it like Dad did. I'll be waiting for cudarunner's results on his try at Mom's recipe. :)

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Maybe that how Captain Morgan came up with the idea of his spiced rum...hmmm

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So the bottom one is the one I just got the other day, got the slight smile back, Un pinned it cleaned the scales and re pinned. Honing with the toe worn was a bit different but went well enough. Shave was not the best though.. no irritation or burn after just didn't seem quite like my others.
Oh re pinning fixed the wedge to toe issue and gonna have to blunt the toe got myself a couple times :o then gonna fill in the lettering on the scale see how that goes.

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Maybe that how Captain Morgan came up with the idea of his spiced rum...hmmm

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Give it a try sometime Mike. To me the lighter scent means it won't clash with my cologne should I decide to give myself a spritz with Stetson. I'll be faceturbating and sniffing my mustache all day.

Well, My wife went to Yoga, I threw on some cartoons for the girls, and I got down to business with my Ator. It's been sitting here begging me to clean it and hone it. After an hour of just metal polish, I am sooo pleased with the outcome. I've never had a razor clean up so well without taking it apart, and what a good blade to have it happen on. I'm grinning ear to ear with this one.

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And just for chits and gigs, I tested the edge on my arm hair. Surprisingly, it was shaving. I'll take my loop to the edge, and see if there's anything that needs to be honed out, but it may only need a touch up. Crazy stuff.

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Very, VERY nice razor Harrywally.

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Give it a try sometime Mike. To me the lighter scent means it won't clash with my cologne should I decide to give myself a spritz with Stetson. I'll be faceturbating and sniffing my mustache all day.

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I do have a nice batch of home brew, from Cheferik. I'll have to try your mamma's once I run out.

Nothing better than a good shave, that makes you want to 💆 all day. Harr !!

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rezdog - do you make all those unique detailed scales yourself? what material is that?

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Yes, I carved those from bone. I am going to mess around with carving some horn next, well until I get some more bone at least.

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Yes, I carved those from bone. I am going to mess around with carving some horn next, well until I get some more bone at least.

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AWESOME, Shaun! Simply AWESOME! I hope the old beater I sent inspired you... I can see a bit of DNA in some of those beauties!
As you begin to carve horn, should be much easier and I am looking forward to THAT! :bow

That ATOR is the bomb!

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Realizing that I'm almost out of Dominica Bay Rum I dug through my Mother's recipe box and found her recipe for Bay Rum that she always made for Dad. I made up a batch this afternoon and when it's done I'll bottle it in Dad's old bay rum bottle. So for my friends here at SRP I'll share Mom's recipe--->
5 oz. vodka 90 proof or better.
1 oz. Jamaican Rum.
4 large bay leaves.
1/4 teaspoon allspice.
1 stick of cinnamon.
1/4 teaspoon orange extract.
Put all the ingredients into a jar with a tight cap and let stand for 1 week or better in a dark place at room temperature. Shake the jar once a day. When done strain out all of the solids and filter through paper toweling. Use this stuff and you will look sharp and smell nice for the ladies.

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Well I uncapped my aftershave, strained it through a coffee filter and gave it a go. I'm pleased, very nice aroma, I'll have to find a lovely lady to see what she thinks. :w

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Well I uncapped my aftershave, strained it through a coffee filter and gave it a go. I'm pleased, very nice aroma, I'll have to find a lovely lady to see what she thinks. :w

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How is it for staying power?

Geek

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How is it for staying power?

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That's yet to be seen as I haven't found an attractive lady to 'test' the staying power. OH! You Mean The AFTERSHAVE! :banghead:

That too has yet to be found out. :w

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That's yet to be seen as I haven't found an attractive lady to 'test' the staying power. OH! You Mean The AFTERSHAVE! :banghead:

That too has yet to be found out. :w

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Update me on the AS 😂

Geek

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Put the Puma back together after reshaping the burnt damage out of the original scales. Always prefer to save them if I can.
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Now to add a missing wedge to a Morley in bone. Plain bone, not rezdog customized awesome bone..
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Was tempted to go with ivory for the wedge, but I think brass will set off the bone nicely. Specially after I whiten it up some in the peroxide..
Cheers.

Nice work Mike, cool Puma steel there, and the Morley wearing bone. Both brands in my shaving rotation, high quality on the shaving chart.

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Well I uncapped my aftershave, strained it through a coffee filter and gave it a go. I'm pleased, very nice aroma, I'll have to find a lovely lady to see what she thinks. :w

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If nothing else it should make a decent cocktail!

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Well I uncapped my aftershave, strained it through a coffee filter and gave it a go. I'm pleased, very nice aroma, I'll have to find a lovely lady to see what she thinks. :w

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I love it when a plan comes together.:rock:

Working on this one I found for $7. It had some rust and stains that I cleaned off yesterday. Tonight I'm going to try and set a bevel. It has a smile that I like but have not honed one before. It will be good training for me

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That might be a tough one Redfisher, not just because of the little smile but getting past that ugly pitting on the toe that I can see on the backside could be brutal. Be prepared to take care of the one over several sessions. Kind of like what Kenny Rodgers said you gotta know when to walk away.

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That might be a tough one Redfisher, not just because of the little smile but getting past that ugly pitting on the toe that I can see on the backside could be brutal. Be prepared to take care of the one over several sessions. Kind of like what Kenny Rodgers said you gotta know when to walk away.

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I'll let you know how it goes. Tonight I will take the first steps on the 1k just to get a feel for it. It has potential, almost no wear on the spine. The steel seems a little soft. It'll be fun!

One layer of tape

Start with two....Take one off after it comes together!

Turns out the blade has a bow to it. I spent a little time "adjusting " the spine so she will lay flat. More work required...

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Turns out the blade has a bow to it. I spent a little time "adjusting " the spine so she will lay flat. More work required...

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What I like to hear! Raising the toe and a pile of circles, raising the heel and same. Bunch of swooping.... Go to a smile!
'The closest thing to a frown is a perfectly straight edge' ;)

Once again, Benz, thank you for sharing your Mother's recipe for Bay Rum after shave.

My batch has produced a fragrance that has a wonderfully strong cinnamon note. The scent
fades very quickly after application, which his fine by me as I never have liked overpowering a
room with a scent as soon as I walk in.

My variation on the recipe...
I've always ground my own (fake) allspice using a reduced amount of cloves. This allows the
cinnamon to be the predominate flavor. I used a spicer to grind the dry ingredients to create
more surface area to contact the liquid. Grinding the cinnamon stick is probably what caused
the heavy cinnamon note. I know I used the wrong type of bay leaves, but the vodka and rum
seems to wash the bay leaf scent out. I will call this batch my Cinnamon Splash.

As soon as I can find the right bay leaves, I will try this recipe again. I've already picked up a
small container of (true) whole allspice. I will also not be using the spicer this time.

I'm glad you like it Panama and I'm glad you are trying out different blends. I'm thinking of making a batch with some vanilla using a real vanilla bean. I get most of my spices from Penzy Spices. They have fresh and super strong spice. A google search should find them, if not let me know and I'll get a link for you.

Aura Cacia 100% Essential Oils offers a Bay Oil made from Pimenta Racemosa. After researching equivalent amounts,
15 drops should equal 4 leaves. (Now where did I put my pipette, lol) The local natural/health food stores lack web
sites, so I'll have to make a tour to check on availability. Failing that, I'll order it online.

Also, researching to see if glycerin would increase the sustain of the fragrance. I might have done something wrong,
after 2 hours, the scent is gone.

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Aura Cacia 100% Essential Oils offers a Bay Oil made from Pimenta Racemosa. After researching equivalent amounts,
15 drops should equal 4 leaves. (Now where did I put my pipette, lol) The local natural/health food stores lack web
sites, so I'll have to make a tour to check on availability. Failing that, I'll order it online.

Also, researching to see if glycerin would increase the sustain of the fragrance. I might have done something wrong,
after 2 hours, the scent is gone.

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I found some at Amazon at a reasonable price. They had many different brands and under one the question was asked if Castor Oil would increase the 'staying power' of the scents and the answer was yes.

There were many questions of how much to use and the common theme seemed to be to start with only one or two drops as it's quite potent. One answer said he used it make aftershave and he used two drops per Quart.

I hope this is of some help :shrug:

Tis the season, this is what we did Saturday, Decorating the tree/house :)
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Today I continue to work on some of my DE's
When cleaning up this Gillette I removed all the paint from the bottom, so decided to redo it with some enamel from the hobby store
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Waiting for it to dry before I decide whether it needs a second coat or not

Was at Canadian Tire during lunch, saw this was on sale so picked it up.

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As I was holding this, a certain point in the movie Silence of the Lambs came to mind, about half way into this 30 second video below captures perfectly what any future razors, or razors that I want to clean up may be thinking as I hold this...can razors scream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DarutWDx50

Also, I heard Sharptonn's voice in my head, "Andrew, just put the darn dremel down and walk away...."

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I found some at Amazon at a reasonable price. They had many different brands and under one the question was asked if Castor Oil would increase the 'staying power' of the scents and the answer was yes.

There were many questions of how much to use and the common theme seemed to be to start with only one or two drops as it's quite potent. One answer said he used it make aftershave and he used two drops per Quart.

I hope this is of some help :shrug:

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My tour of the local shops was not a failure. I successfully learned where I cannot purchase bay oil, har!
I've ordered some bay oil from amazon and hey, free shipping...bonus! It won't be here until just after Christmas.
On my tour, I stopped by Hobby Lobby and found some nice medicine bottle-like containers. Got one for my
Cinnamon Splash.

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My tour of the local shops was not a failure. I successfully learned where I cannot purchase bay oil, har!
I've ordered some bay oil from amazon and hey, free shipping...bonus! It won't be here until just after Christmas.
On my tour, I stopped by Hobby Lobby and found some nice medicine bottle-like containers. Got one for my
Cinnamon Splash.

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I'm confident enough that I'll be able to make and use Benz's mother's recipe that I ordered these so that I can share. I like that they have the 'dribbler' in the neck.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I picked this up from FleaBay for just a few dollars to see how it works. It will need a new cork and there's some kind of deposits on the inside so I've filled it with white vinegar for a couple of days or so.

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And so the adventure continues! :tu

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Was at Canadian Tire during lunch, saw this was on sale so picked it up.

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As I was holding this, a certain point in the movie Silence of the Lambs came to mind, about half way into this 30 second video below captures perfectly what any future razors, or razors that I want to clean up may be thinking as I hold this...can razors scream?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DarutWDx50

Also, I heard Sharptonn's voice in my head, "Andrew, just put the darn dremel down and walk away...."

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All downhill from here....

Dremels and the like are great tools, used with discretion and properly applied to the the operation.
Not for everything....

JMO

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Dremels and the like are great tools, used with discretion and properly applied to the the operation.
Not for everything....

JMO

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With Discretion and Properly Applied


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