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Ducksfan Carbo Magnetic refresh with... 05-17-2012, 01:19 AM
joeuke Cool work, I like the mix of... 05-17-2012, 01:42 AM
Ducksfan The wire was just a twist tie... 05-17-2012, 01:53 AM
TheBaron I Love It! Nicely done. 05-18-2012, 08:44 PM
TwistedOak The steampunk designs are... 05-19-2012, 06:02 AM
sharptonn Yeah, Dude, but it would... 05-25-2012, 02:45 AM
TwistedOak You're right... I would like... 05-25-2012, 03:03 AM
roughkype Nice work! I've got that same... 05-26-2012, 10:34 PM
Ducksfan It is a heavier than normal... 05-22-2012, 12:33 AM
JimBC Very nice work. I really like... 05-24-2012, 02:14 AM
Ducksfan I was nervous about that too,... 05-24-2012, 01:17 PM
JimBC Thanks Ducksfan, that pretty... 05-25-2012, 12:23 AM
David52 That is one fantastic looking... 05-25-2012, 12:17 AM
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    Default Carbo Magnetic refresh with steampunk inspired scales

    Mods, feel free to move, I took pics along the way, so I thought I'd outline what I did and hopefully help someone out along the way if need be.
    First, I have to say Thank You to tumtatty. He was really helpful with all the questions I had. This was inspired by his steampunked scales.

    This is my first attempt at any kind of restoration. I tried to fix a broken set of celluloid scales, but failed. Learned a lot along the way though. I've been SR shaving for 5 months now, and got into it for the cleaning up and the 'restoring history' aspect. Plus, it keeps me out of trouble. I don't know the story of this specific blade, grabbed it at an antique store for $5. I picked out this blade and style for my brother for his birthday. I hate to part with it, but hey, my brother's pretty cool, and I think he'd get a kick out of this. This post is for him too, I'm going to send him the link to this when I send off the razor.
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    This is a before pic, not too shabby a blade to start with, the big work came with the scales.
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    All cleaned up and waiting to be dressed.
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    I forgot about pics for a bit because I was happy with how things were going. Here's what I did: I cut out the scales on the wood, rough shaped them, used them to trace the outline on a copper sheet, then attached the four blanks (2 wood and 2 copper) together for final shaping. I mocked it up about fifty times along the way to make sure I wasn't missing something.
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    I pulled everything apart to cut out the "window" for the gears I would be putting in there.
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    I CA glued the copper to the leopard wood, and all that was left was putting the puzzle together. I used the CA glue for the gears too.
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    Since this was my first attempt at making scales, I didn't do anything too crazy. Just enough to be unique.
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    I only did the window on one side. I figured since there was only one etched side of the blade, I'll do it simple and just do the one.
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    Here's a close-up after one coat of epoxy. I didn't like some of the dimples (notice the pin hole) so I did a second coat of epoxy.
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    Aaaaaaand mocked up again. I ended up putting in a third pin to push the scales out a little bit more.

    So, that's where I'm at right now. I ended up dislocating my finger which put a damper on things for a while. That little problem made me miss my brothers birthday. I had to video chat with my brother (we're in different states, not because of the finger I'm not that big of a pansy) and asked if he wanted to see his gift. He's a good sport, gave me some flak about my finger, and is patiently awaiting his late birthday gift. He wanted to see it though, and is totally excited about learning to shave with it. Yikes! Now I better hone up my honing!
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    Cool work, I like the mix of gears and the bit of wire. I was thinking of working up something similar, wonder what kind of gizmo I could add that would power a LED for a bit....

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    The wire was just a twist tie with the paper pulled off. It needed something to "connect" all the gears. It was there, so I used it.
    For the LED, you could hide the battery in the wedge.

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    I Love It! Nicely done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ducksfan View Post
    The wire was just a twist tie with the paper pulled off. It needed something to "connect" all the gears. It was there, so I used it.
    For the LED, you could hide the battery in the wedge.
    The steampunk designs are already quite heavy compared to g10, wood, micarta, bone, horn, etc. Adding a battery to the wedge would probably create a very off balanced razor which would make stropping/honing a pain in the ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TwistedOak View Post
    The steampunk designs are already quite heavy compared to g10, wood, micarta, bone, horn, etc. Adding a battery to the wedge would probably create a very off balanced razor which would make stropping/honing a pain in the ass.
    Yeah, Dude, but it would light up, Man!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Yeah, Dude, but it would light up, Man!
    You're right... I would like to try shaving in the dark after all.
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    Nice work! I've got that same blade and it is a great shaver.

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    It is a heavier than normal set of scales, but I like it. Hopefully my brother likes it too. He plans on shaving his head with it.
    I just finished up honing it, and did a test shave. Now I really don't want to give it away. I'll have to get another Carbo Magnetic for me.
    Here's some more pics of it all finished up...
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    Very nice work. I really like that style. How did you eliminate air bubbles/pockets from under the gears?

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