Best Weekend Ever! And All It Cost Was....
Some Tongue Tacos:rock: They were good too BTW!
So you've all seen Bob Allman's unique work. What you haven't seen is how great a guy he is. After meeting on SRP he graciously offered to let me come spend some time with him in his shop. WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE!
Bob and his lovely wife were incredible hosts who opened their home to me and my brother and treated us like family. They put us up, fed us, and were great to just hang out with. On top of that, Bob guided us both through the process of making razors. That is an eye opening exercise. He told me several times that it takes "2 days to make a razor, but only 2 seconds to screw one up". I learned that lesson while hand sanding one of my projects to the point of "tin foil", and big bro learned it while nearly taking his thumb off on the buffing wheel :gaah:...
So... Here are some pics!
Designing my 8/8 Full Hollow (pretty ambitious, but :roflmao)
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Blank Canvas
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Etching out the design
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Grinding!
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