Thursday, March 27, 2014

Pouch Style Leather Sheath




Leather pouch sheath that I made with a tooled stripe to change things up a bit. This was stitched with waxed nylon and finished with a light coat of neatsfoot oil.

Bottle openers...


A couple of recent pry tool bottle openers that were shipped out.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Straight Razor in O-1 and Zebrano Wood

I ground this blade recently and am looking forward to shaving with it this week. I will get it back from being honed hopefully mid-week.




First Straight Razor 6/8 in O-1 steel with Purple Heart Scales



I ground this blade from 3/16" thick O-1 tool steel using a 10" contact wheel on a KMG grinder. The scales were made using purple heart and the blade was pinned with brass rod, stainless steel washers and polyethylene washers on the inside of the scales.  This razor was honed by Doc226 and is an amazing shaver. I instantly started a second razor that follows these lines with the exception of a few dimensions.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Jagger DE89l

I obviously have a serious case of RAD (razor acquisition disorder) that I acquired after I started to research how to make straight edge razors. I better be careful.... Here is a Edwin Jagger DE 89l that I picked up recently off the B/S/T forum on Badger & Blade.




Sunday, April 28, 2013

1973 Lady Gillette

I had to pick up this Lady Gillette for my wife after she showed moderate interest in owning her own DE razor. I bought this from a woman who sells vintage and antique collectables on Etsy, the razor came from Canada. This razor has a date code of T1, which is the 1st quarter of 1973. The razor was barely used and took minimal cleaning to get it ready to use.