All's fair, I suppose. I, for one, cannot wait to see it completed! :D
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The basic shape of that brush reminds me of the shape of a crystal.
OK, got the Marshes & Shepherd together. Just cleaned and rubbed the blade with Mother's polish and a rag and leaving it at that. I don't want to lose the etch ("An Excellent Razor") and the blade is in pretty good shape anyhow. Made some solid brass domes and used brass pins. Used the original wedge and copied the scales from the one original that was complete.
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Very nice work, love the patina well done!
Boy! That is Nice!
I have a couple with the tapered blades around.... Need to get one going someday soon.
Betcha they shave great! :)
I have a few razors I want to work on and have decided make a few things first to enhance the way I make a historical catalog of them.
Here's a pic of the light box I'm setting up. Backdrop will be some green felt I had left over from a poker table I made. Still working on the
lighting, incandescent and LED bulbs wash everything out in brown. I'm currently trying CFL bulbs, better, but still brownish a little bit.
Maybe I should try some different diffusers.
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I also wanted a display stand to prop the razors up at a better angle for photographing. I decided on PVC pipe as the material is softer
than steel and shouldn't hurt the edge (before or after restoration). I wanted to design the stand with the "pin" under the tang, but I
couldn't make a "universal" stand for all straight razors due to the differences in the tangs.
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Normal PVC glueing method didn't hold steadfast enough, so I used super glue. (Note to self: open bottle of nail polish remover before opening tube of super glue, lol)
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Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Panama
Your light problem should fixable by adjusting the settings on your camera. Some have daylight, cloudy etc and can also come with a customvsetting so you can adjust it just right. Usually they have one for incandescent and fluorescent bulbs to account for the warmth of inc and blues of cfl. This can be adjusted with some post processing programs like photoshop or adobe lightroom. When I bought my olympus years ago, a program came with the camera