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I bought this razor a couple weeks ago and it shaves very nicely but the scales were boring black plastic, too loong and too fat for my liking so I made a new pair of scales out of horn.
The wedge is made out of lead from an old car battery, I was a bit worried about it being too heavy but it was not a problem and the balance is just fine.
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Really like what you did with those scales. Always loved the look of horn scales and those have nice colouration to them too. I sometimes think a lead wedge helps counter balance the blade better. Very good job.
Bob
Thanks, this one's my favorite soo far.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
I've mostly seen lead wedges on heavier grinds before and this is a 1/2 hollow so there's a bit less weight in the blade, luckily there's enough weight in it to counter a lead wedge.
Nicely executed neighbour:tu
Beautiful colors on that horn, where did you get it?
when the post said multicolored;..I was thinking psychedelic! :beer2:
really nice job on the scales and razor BTW!..wedge from a car battery..now thats getting creative :rock:
Yea, thinking about it the razors that I have with lead spacers are a heavier grind variety and English made too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baxxer
Bob
I got it from Robsbits on ebay( http://myworld.ebay.com/robsbits ), I've had nothing but good experiences buying from him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zephyr
Very nice work Baxxer! The razor has changed significantly.
I wish I could be able to do the same work to many of my boring, black and plastic scales razors.
Just be very careful with the acid in the battery if you plan on trying it out yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by smalltank
It's not very complicated, these are just my forth pair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slur
Give it a try, you might find some hidden talent.
Baxxer
Thanks for the link, I have it bookmarked.
Bob
I've bought lots of horn from him but never gotten any with such nice colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baxxer
No problem:)Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
I bought one of his selected slabs robsbits | eBayQuote:
Originally Posted by Zephyr
Ah, thanks hadn't seen those :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Baxxer
No probs'Quote:
Originally Posted by Zephyr
I think it's something he started doing recently, it's a nice feature isn't it?
I've been dealing with Rob for some time and always got great stuff from him.
I've just messaged him and asked him to pick some nice colours for me and he's always obliged.
Great job on the scales too - have you tried using aluminium for the wedge? - it comes up really well IMHO
I actually thought about using aluminum but I went with lead instead, now I have enough lead for maybe 12-14 razors but I might try to get my hands on some aluminium for one of my future projects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Havachat45
yup. nice work. and yes....he's got nice horn!
I got some horn from Rabsbits as well but never that good looking! great Job!
