Great Jerry-I just finished up and honed another Boker myself-probably one of my top 5 favorite brands.
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Great Jerry-I just finished up and honed another Boker myself-probably one of my top 5 favorite brands.
It's right at Freezing outside right now with snow coming, but I think I can still go out and cut out a few sets of scales. Then do some honing this eve. Got to beat the snow!
You don't have a heater in your shop? You can get pretty warm from one of those small quartz heaters if it's facing you.
My wood shop is a table set on the driveway with some tools on it. I wish i could build a wood shop.
Here we go. Three sets of scales. Now to do the hand sanding. This should keep me busy for a little while.
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From the top...
H. Boker.
Simmons in Purple heart
Christoffersen wedge in Bloodwood
Challenger in Rosewood.
The 3 sets I made have bone for a wedge.
The bigger you shed the more stuff you will get until you don’t have enough space
I've got a shed out back that is empty but no power to it. I know I can fix that too but its just too small for wood working tools. Right now its a play house for my granddaughter.
Finished up The Mois and it's ready for some time on the stones. The uneven hone wear may make this one a challenge (learning opportunity). I was able to hide a lot of the hone wear. Some is still visible, but it looks much better. I took the blade finish to 2000 and then some simichrome and did some minor adjustment to the heel.
Before
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After
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I wasn't able to dig up much info about this one. There's one post I found for a No.1 indicating it was made in Germany by Botgen & Sabin between 1900 and 1932. Strazors states the company was in business until 1983 so this one probably isn't a old as a No.1. Mois is listed as a brand name for the company. I couldn't find anything about a No. 5.
Pretty razor, JJ-You oughta finish it on that new primitive cut trans black!