Thread: What are you working on?

[QUOTE=Martin103;1659037]Felt pad razor, very interesting concept,patented in 1905, Wonder if their claim really worked.
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In theory, and maybe for a few years I think it would have worked. But the oil would eventually evaporate and be replaced by mung and moisture I believe.
That felt would trap every bit of grit the razor encountered over its life so storage and handling would have been key with this particular style, more so than the traditional straights, over the long haul..
Just my $0.02..

Here's what I'm working on. Thinking brass to go with this cool colored horn but may go with something dark for the wedge, when the time comes. Or maybe an ivory wedge....

Superb blade there Mike, that's one of the nicest Gilchrist ive seen. Will be following the progress on this one.

[QUOTE=MikeB52;1659060][QUOTE=Martin103;1659037]Felt pad razor, very interesting concept,patented in 1905, Wonder if their claim really worked.

In theory, and maybe for a few years I think it would have worked. But the oil would eventually evaporate and be replaced by mung and moisture I believe.
That felt would trap every bit of grit the razor encountered over its life so storage and handling would have been key with this particular style, more so than the traditional straights, over the long haul..
Just my $0.02..

I get your point B52. The ones I have are clean. What you saw in my pics is the way they were for all those years. I'm sure it was a marketing thing.
Here it is so far. I got the felt off the broken scale & glued it to the good scale. The 3rd pin spacer isn't drilled on center if you look closely so I can use the other one or drill the hole on this one more true. It is also thinner on one end & thicker on the other like the wedge. I'll be pinning it together soon.

Don't drop that on your toe!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Don't drop that on your toe!

Yeah, ya still want to keep all ten toes. That blade makes me drool Mike! They're so hard to come by.

It was a sweet find no doubt Steve. Potentially the nicest vintage blade I've encountered, in my own possession, so far.
And I put some of those ergo rubber floor tiles on the floor in my workshop along the counter line a few weeks back as I am always so paranoid of dropping a blade while working on it. A package of eight of those things covers all the areas I sit at so they offer some layer of insurance against clumsiness..
Trying to draw up some custom skins tonight that suit the blade height and also fit the vintage.
Cheers.

Well.... I personally think it a shame a Canuck has that. 'Taint right I tell ya! 'Taint right!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Here's what I'm working on. Thinking brass to go with this cool colored horn but may go with something dark for the wedge, when the time comes. Or maybe an ivory wedge....

That is beautiful horn and one heck of a blade!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Well.... I personally think it a shame a Canuck has that. 'Taint right I tell ya! 'Taint right!

Ya know Boss..
I bet if ye asks hims reel neye's like, hees jus myte liits ye burow it fur jus a bit. [emoji56]