Joseph Elliot Silver Steel 13/16 in Purpleheart

**treydampier** · 02-18-2010, 11:57 AM

Another re-scale that I did month ago. Turned out really nice and the blade polished out really nicely as well. Take a look and feel free to ad criticism. My work has improved since then, but I am trying to show some of my old stuff. The newest stuff is on my blog, but I will not be adding razors for little while there.

**DogHair** · 02-24-2010, 12:05 PM

I love purpleheart! Looks great! The center pin is nice. I read somewhere you can bake purpleheart to get even more purple but I've never tried it.

**akw** · 02-24-2010, 06:04 PM

Great work. Love the scales. They are beautiful.

Do you sell your creations?

**joshmpdx** · 02-24-2010, 06:08 PM

Fantastic!

Is that badboy for sale?

**AndrewGWU** · 02-24-2010, 06:21 PM

That is one of the prettiest razors this newbie has seen

**Luc** · 02-24-2010, 06:22 PM

Great razor!!

**treydampier** · 02-24-2010, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by DogHair

I love purpleheart! Looks great! The center pin is nice. I read somewhere you can bake purpleheart to get even more purple but I've never tried it.

It will get real dark if you let a hot blade touch it like ripping it. I actually cut these scales with a coping saw. Now I use a band saw. I got the wood from a hobby wood worker and he told me the oils in the wood when heated are what makes it turn a deep purple to almost black. I like the wood, but I found it hard to wrk with at first.

**treydampier** · 02-24-2010, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by akw

Great work. Love the scales. They are beautiful.

Do you sell your creations?

I do. I sold this one months ago. I have put my razors on my blog and this one is sold. The man that bought it said it was one of the best shaves he ever got and I honed it on a Norton 8K. Now I use the Naniwa system up to 12K so I could only imagine what it can do when I re-hone it. To the moderators, please let me know if mentioning this will get me in trouble. I do not want to get into trouble again. I am trying to put some of my work up since it was posted on other places. I am planning to finish up several razor in March and will place them up as they are completed. I list them for sale on my blog, but they go quickly and I only keep certain blades. I am not a collector, if I don't use them, I let others have at them. Also, my blog is for anyone's use, you just have to let me know and it be quality work.
Thanks for all the nice comments.
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