Thread: UGLY yet GREAT

Encouraging those short of skill, tools&material, and spare time to make usable razors. These scales are made from window blind wooden shutter slats. Get them at window shops or ask for box store samples. The reverse gunstock pattern makes for ergonomic stropping. Hinge pin is 6-32 brass screw, the other two are 5-40. Blade hinge hole was drilled with a masonry 1/8 bit (slowly with oil) and reamed/honed with 320 grit paper using a small cotter pin as a mandrel chucked in a cordless drill. A final dip in Varathane Floor Finish completed the project. J.R. Torrey blade in cheap simple scales. The irony (steelery?) here is that something so ugly and simple can shave so greatly. Later I might Maas and polish all for shiny looks. Meanwhile just rig up that unused blade and enjoy something simple and gentle. Robert