Thread: Deep Dark Purpleheart Razor

Well after seeing the Purpleheart razor that Bill Ellis did over on the Shave Den I had to try my hand at darkening the wood by lightly torching it.
The blade is a 5/8 O'Rourke & Hurley (I know who?) with some nice file work on the spine. This blade had some minor rust pits of which I removed most of them.
The scales are a lightly torched Purpleheart wood with a finish of polished CA (super glue) to add luster. The bull’s-eye collars, pins and wedge are brass. To add a contrasting and different feature I recessed a piece of Turquoise into the front scale.
The turquoise is my first attempt at recessing something into wooden scales hopefully it looks OK. I am hoping that the turquoise rising above the surface of the wood is appealing. I had doubts about that but went ahead and did it anyway.
I have made a few razors for eBay and for others and this one I did for myself.