Quote Originally Posted by icedog View Post
The busted handle is no surprise. Unless you were planning to just clean the razor up, you likely would have ended up replacing the scales anyway.
I was just planning on cleaning the blade since it was so rusty when I purchased it and the hidden part of the tang was still rusty. I am also going to use sterling silver for the pins instead of the the standard brass. But the break offers a lot of options like inlays and what not's.

Quote Originally Posted by icedog View Post
Two Questions:

  1. When you had a "knife maker sharpen it", do you know what he/she did? I mean did he/she use any reference/datum to set a proper and repeatable bevel?
I honestly dont know, this was when I was abroad in japan and well I know a bit but not enough to communicate with the shop owner, he did have some of the much sought after japanese razors, sadly I could not afford them.

Quote Originally Posted by icedog View Post

  1. Flower pedals (I think you mean "petals") in resin? Are you saying you'll make a casting? Have you done this before? If so, please share the process. Inquiring minds want to know.

Later Gator,

Brad
Ya thats right I go to college. Yes it would be a casting, I have done this before in many different materials: plaster, resin, rubber, silver...

I am a Theology/Art Major with a focus in sculpture and jewelry/metal smithing (look at grad school for sculpture and metals).

To do it you will first need a piece to take a mold of, so in this case I will use the other side of the scale that did not break. I would use either a rubber(smooth-on has great stuff and a lot of information on their site), then a mother mold of plaster on top of that to make it so that rubber does not move while casting. OR I could go with just a strait plaster mold, but since the scale is porous I will go with a rubber. Before mixing an pouring the rubber, I would seat the scale on some clay to raise it up a little to add basically a sprue. Then I would spray it with a release agent and then pour my rubber. Once the rubber was set I would spray that with a release agent and then pour the plaster mother mold.

There are a few other techniques, but this is easiest for beginners.