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02-16-2010, 03:14 AM #1Little Bear
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Best Weekend Ever! And All It Cost Was....
Some Tongue Tacos
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
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So... Here are some pics!
Designing my 8/8 Full Hollow (pretty ambitious, but
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Blank Canvas
Etching out the design
Grinding!
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02-16-2010, 03:15 AM #2Little Bear
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That get's hot!
Drilling the pivot pin hole
Heat treat
Buffing after oil quench
Working on that Full Hollow
Making Scales!
Last edited by richmondesi; 02-16-2010 at 01:49 PM. Reason: Duplicated pictures swapped out for the ones I wanted
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02-16-2010, 03:15 AM #3Little Bear
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FINISHED PRODUCT!
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02-16-2010, 03:16 AM #4The Shell Whisperer
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Awesome and yes, Bob is a great guy.
Did you get any beer?
əˌfisyəˈnädō | pərˈfekSH(ə)nəst | eS'prəSSo | düvəl ləvər
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02-16-2010, 03:17 AM #5Little Bear
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What a great great weekend...
Many Thanks Bob
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02-16-2010, 03:18 AM #6Little Bear
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No, but there might have been some vodka in the vicinity
Originally Posted by Maximilian
Awesome and yes, Bob is a great guy.
Did you get any beer?
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02-16-2010, 03:24 AM #7Junior Member
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Yeah, we couldn't thank Bob enough. He was truly one of the nicest guys I've ever met. This was a truly great weekend.
edit: I wasn't able to finish mine, so Bob finished it for me. I can't tell you how much I appreciated all they did (mine's the one in longhorn).Last edited by Jrichmond; 02-16-2010 at 12:11 PM.
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02-16-2010, 03:49 AM #8Member
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Congrats on a great set of razors
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02-16-2010, 08:44 AM #9Lookin like a crim
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Beautiful. What an achievement. Among all the other things I like about these razors, I really like those deep jimps.
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02-16-2010, 01:28 PM #10Senior Member
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Wow, what a great time, it looks like you two had a ball. The razors look awesome.
Charlie
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