Thread: Some Ideas?

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

I vote for clean up the orignal scales and keep use them

It would be nice to use those scales, but the fact is that I highly doubt that they are original anyways. Unless they were the ones that the thing came with back in 1830, I would rather not have scales that I find ugly.

Also, assuming that I like the shave (and Im sure I will) I can envision this being my daily use shaver. As such I want it to be personalized and unique, and something that I created for myself. It just seems to easy to use the old ones.

Keep the ideas coming guys! I drew up some sketches today in French class instead of paying attention, so if I can get them scanned I will post them up here for your comments.

Hey guys here is the first idea:

It is pretty much a straight rip off of that Bloody Death razor that was posted on here a while ago. It is rough though, so dimensions will vary as will some of the proportions.



What I like about this design is how the spine of the razor is parralleled by the scales up to the tang which is covered. I think the line here runs well with the hump of the tang itself. Most of my designs have this idea incorperated in it, since I also like the way it compliments the barbers notch.

I do think that the toe one of the scales are a bit unsightly for the look im going for. It screams a little bit toooo much.

Here is the second version:



It's basically the same idea as the first, minus the pointed wedge-end. The tang-end remains the same.

This is closer to what I was thinking.

And the third idea:

This keeps the same back end of the razor. Differences are the rounded wedge from the second image, plus some curves on the bottom. This might be better suited to a simpler razor- one that does not need as much going on to break up straight lines.



I couldn't be bothered to edit the lines out of this one. So sue me...

I don't really think I like it too much...

And here is the last one that I got done.

Its closer to what I'm leaning towards. I think that it will depend on the dimensions and slope of the tang though.



These designs are all contingent on blade and tang dimensions though. I realize that I will need to make adjustments to them and design a wedge that will work with the tang shape. (any idea there are also welcome)

It is possible that the idea of having that scale shape is impossible, but I just thought I'd post what I was thinking about.

I am rubbish at drawing, so cut me some slack eh?

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I was watching it too, but have several projects going and passed on it. This razor was meant for him.

+1 was meant for him.
I had my eye on it too.

Final post for now I think:

Took a few minutes to bang out a computer rendering of how this thing could look with orange scales, assuming that I used the fourth sketch I posted.



Once again, this will all depend on the dimensions and scale of the blade etc. but I just like playing around with designing things, so I wanted to take a look. The end result will obviously be way different.