Joe Chandler Restorations -- Four Scores

I am one of the many who have been treated by the work of the artiste commonly named Joe Chandler. In the mail tonight I received the following beauties. In my haste to post, I can't say I took the best pictures. But trust me when I say that I am beyond happy and impressed.

My RAD is sated. For now.

Razor #1: 7/8 Joseph Elliot with Macassar ebony scales and brass spacer. Scales were originally horn. This one had some chips on the shaving edge, so Joe ground it down and honed it for me. In the third picture, I unfortunately did not wipe off the dust. But it does show the beautiful grain of the wood.

Razor #2 is a 5/8 Wade & Butcher 1/4 hollow with feathered maple scales and marbled green spacer. Scales were also originally horn. And like the Joseph Elliot, it also needed some chips removed from the blade edge.

Razor #3 is a 6/8 Crown & Sword with Hawaiian koa scales and blue spacer. The scales were originally plastic, and were gassing badly.

Razor #4 is a 9/16 Wapienica with horn scales, red spacer, and initials etched into the blade. Scales were originally stainless steel. This is very similar to what was done for a fellow SRP member, JoshEarl.

I tried to capture some of the nuances of the horn in the third picture. It is truly outstanding work.

Mate

You've got every reason to be pleased with those results... they look a million bucks

Joe's probably getting tired of hearing how good his work is... but it is what it is and I suspect the praise will keep on coming

Greg Frazer

Very nice :D I didn't need to see this stuff :p RAD taking over.......

All looking great. I really like the look of the maple and koa woods.

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Originally Posted by Greg Frazer

Joe's probably getting tired of hearing how good his work is...

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Not even. :roflmao Keeps me motivated.

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Originally Posted by bjrn

All looking great. I really like the look of the maple and koa woods.

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Yeah, I was thinking that the koa was absolutely STUNNING.
Have any of you worked with Bamboo? Is it a difficult wood to work with? I would think it would look pretty good as well, and with the "green" movement going on, I would also think it would be popular.

Double duty on the environment - well, triple.
No disposable blades to buy
Reusing an old blade
Using a "renewable" resource for the scales.

Congrats!!


They look oustanding, I love the Koa wood :D

Heeeyyy, that Wapi looks familiar.... :D

Those koa scales are fabulous. That's going on my "must buy" list, along with lacewood...

Josh

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Originally Posted by JoshEarl

Heeeyyy, that Wapi looks familiar.... :D

Josh

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Heh heh. :D

Man, I see those KOA scales every time I pop into this thread, and DA:cen!!!! They just pop!
Absolutely beautiful.

beautiful work!

Absolutely stunning work! I can't wait to get Joe the specs for a custom....droool.