Thread: Two Razors finally Done!!!!

I have been working on these for awhile, along with some of the other projects, These two took a little longer because of the scales...

The first one pictured here is a Robson Shur-edge "The Razor That Fits Your Face"..... This one has a long history, I bought one from E-bay, which was the one and only time I have ever been taken bad on there.. The razor came, and I don't know who's face it was supposed to fit, but the blade had been shortened to about 1 1/2 inches so it wasn't mine... One of our SRP members heard what had happend and offered to send me a blade free of charge, that he had sitting around, not being used, (Thank you Syslight "Jim") Well I had it sitting around here forever, because I could not even get into my shop, because of all the snow this winter, until now... I put the 11/16 blade into some Bocote' scales and finished them with 10 coats of wipe on poly...I also used some of the Micro-fastenners hardware with a brass wedge....




The second razor was the 6/8 + Fredrick Reynolds etched barbers notch, that I used for the "Tumbler Experiment".... I deciced that I would use Pauduk for the scales and used the same finish and hardware as the Robson... (This one will be in B/S/T as soon as I hone it and test shave with it)

Gorgeous... wow, your scales are beautiful too! Great work!

That Freddy blade is gorgeous!

Those turned out really nice Glen!!!!

They really look nice Glen. Good job.

bj

I like the double pins there! That's a nice touch.

This is how bad it is, after posting those pics, I noticed that on the Bacote' scales, the screw heads were not aligned the same, so I had to go out to the shop and get those re-aligned correctly.......
Now ya know what I mean when I say I'm just a little compulsive.......

Originally Posted by gssixgun

This is how bad it is, after posting those pics, I noticed that on the Bacote' scales, the screw heads were not aligned the same, so I had to go out to the shop and get those re-aligned correctly.......

How do you like working with the screws vs the standard pin? I am impressed with the look but I just worry that the screws and bolt methods will leave areas for water to gather. Have you noticed anything like this?

Originally Posted by adickerson0

How do you like working with the screws vs the standard pin? I am impressed with the look but I just worry that the screws and bolt methods will leave areas for water to gather. Have you noticed anything like this?

So far so good, but like you I worry about new ideas, (I'm really not sure who actually came up with this idea, and how long ago it started) the peened pins have a 200 + year history and we know they work... They also have their problems ie: bent pins... but even then, they still hold... I sold the Freddy this morning and put a guarantee with the razor, that if these Micro-fastener sets happen to not work like we are all hoping they will, that I would replace them with tried and true brass pins and washers no charge....
Only time will tell!!!!

Cool, good job both look really nice.
Is the second one a wedge?