I like your razor!
razor.
~Richard
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That one turned out great! Great shape on the scales and texture of the wood grain, I bet it feels great in the hand. Yeah, I've since been drilling the hole through those domes a little larger than before to avoid any seizing. I think those ones there was when I was still drilling at 1/16th, didn't leave much room to work with.
I was going to take ALL the credit....Had to go mow in-law's grass.
All credit goes to outback! :D
Dunno if any of you remember when I tried to glue Bakelite. That didn't work.
It was for a W&B Bow razor that was kind of rusty when I got it but cleaned up okay, just a few pitted areas. Anyway I made some scales for it, but more interestingly, when it came time to make a wedge, I realized I had something.
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Some people might say I'm a pack rat for having saved a diving weight I found a long time ago. But see, it was useful in the end.
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Ready to hone.
This is what I had going on in the last couple of days.. A rusty old piece of Yasuki steel AKA Pechika #55.
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Sanding, sanding and more sanding....
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Then I thought, why not pick up a few jnats and try polishing this properly... Call me a lunatic, but this got me so excited, I think I'll just keep doing this in the future. Hardening line popped out, check it:
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Anyway, I wasn't done polishing, and I also wanted to etch the stamp to make it pop, so long process short... this is the result on the tang after final polishing with sandpaper and some acid applied.
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Scales done up...
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Now put it back together (after repolishing the tang of course)
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I may post a better pic in the daylight, but she sure gave me a very nice shave tonight.
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Srdjan, that... is... gorgeous. What a beauty.