Some Ideas?

Hey all,

So I just picked up a really nice straight! Im excited! I just posted in a thread earlier today stating that my ideal blade was a notched 6/8s smiley, with a humped tang. I found one and snatched it up.

Problem is that I don't really like the scales, and I was looking for a project anyways, so I am going to rescale it.

I will include a picture of the razor and maybe you guys can help me with some ideas for scales.

I want something classy, but unusual. I liked the "Bloody Death" razor that an SRP member posted. Something like that would be cool, only I would use wood, not C.F.
Basically, I don't want the typical scale shape. I want something that is interesting, and original. I want it to say "I'm classy, but I'm really here to party"

A decent wood would be nice. Something reddish brown or maybe black. A wedge that is a contrasting colour would be cool. It the scales are red, maybe the wedge is black, or blue. I don't know.

Your turn! Shapes, colours, wedges, materials, pins- gimme ideas! :)
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Originally Posted by Old67

... I want it to say "I'm classy, but I'm really here to party"
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^ Put a red dress on it :)

Nice find. Surf/search around to get some Ideas. Hard to help you out given the details. Red or brown wood is very broad. You should get a pied of paper, trace the original scales and draw different patterns that you might like.

Those are some of the biggest pivot pins I've ever seen.

Good luck!

I vote for snakewood scales with a G-10 wedge.You can go with blue,it would give the feel of Spider Man(red/blue/black) that could be a cool theme.. or maybe a bright orange? That would make the wedge POP with color. It is your project,due what you like. And have fun doing it :tu

Leopardwood is nice & so is Black Palm (it's a challenge to work with).

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i had this on my watch list yesterday,,,,but....i just dont know ,,something told me no to go for it. please post some pix once it's all fixed so we can see the final product :P:P

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

Nice work Shooter!

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

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

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You are a true gentleman, sir! Thanks for letting me have it! :) Rest assured it has gone to a place where it will be loved and used every day.

Thanks for the input guys. I like the idea of a bright orange scales with a blue or purple wedge. If I decide to go the "non-wood" route I think I will go with that.

I liked the leopardwood that was posted, but I feel like its too busy. I want the style of the scales to define the razoras a whole, and I feel that if I used a busy wood like that it would take away from that concept.

If I can manage to draft some ideas up Ill post them and take a vote! I want to do this blade justice, and since this will be my first restoration I want input to make sure I don't ruin this 180 year old piece of history.

My two favorite woods for "classy" are Ebony and Claro Walnut (in the picture)
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Other than that, check out olive wood scales Glen has been doing (others too), really sweet IMHO

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

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

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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?

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

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+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.

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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.