So, a couple of months ago I bought at an antique fair a beautiful Mannos 14 razor, the blade looked to be in very good shape and the scales.... Well, they were salvageable, faux tortoise, not the prettiest I have seen, plus they had broken at some point and the owner had glued them back.
Lomg story short, I broke the scales while unpeening. Being by then fully immersed in this whole COVID pandemonium I decided it was time to put all this free time to good use. Got the tip on this board to watch Lewis Razors' tutorial on hiw to make scales with minimum equipment, purchased that minimum equipment and also the materials.
I decided to go for Perspex, I have been well advised on this matter by Drew Dick (my, oh my, you are one patient man mate!) and he suggested this material for a beginner.
It's taken me longer than anticipated having to learn a few tricks while notnignoring completely my family but I got there in the end.
There's a few things that need to be corrected, I am not happy at all about the wedge, there's scratches that need to be fixed and the pins need some sanding and polishing but, all in all, I am pleased.
Hope you like it.
P. S. Test shaved it today and she's a fabulous razor. Took me my sweet time until I managed to set a bevel, quite a hard steel on this one, but the shave's been rather nice.
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Lomg story short, I broke the scales while unpeening. Being by then fully immersed in this whole COVID pandemonium I decided it was time to put all this free time to good use. Got the tip on this board to watch Lewis Razors' tutorial on hiw to make scales with minimum equipment, purchased that minimum equipment and also the materials.
I decided to go for Perspex, I have been well advised on this matter by Drew Dick (my, oh my, you are one patient man mate!) and he suggested this material for a beginner.
It's taken me longer than anticipated having to learn a few tricks while notnignoring completely my family but I got there in the end.
There's a few things that need to be corrected, I am not happy at all about the wedge, there's scratches that need to be fixed and the pins need some sanding and polishing but, all in all, I am pleased.
Hope you like it.
P. S. Test shaved it today and she's a fabulous razor. Took me my sweet time until I managed to set a bevel, quite a hard steel on this one, but the shave's been rather nice.
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Well done
