After hearing all of you talk about the IBC, another member was kind enough to sell me his and he was also selling a rosewood handle Sanguine. I though hmmm. Received both razors today and immediately took both apart to try my idea.
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Needs some work, like putting a notch where the knob is and maybe streamlining the pivot area, but this will definitely prevent the back of a feather blade hit the bottom of the scale.
I also test fit a scale I made for my Feather SS which I have taken offline. Also need a notch for the knob and also no feather blade hitting the scale.
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first shave tonight with blade assembly back in the original scale.
@gvw755 Thanks for such a great idea of using the Sanguine R5 scales.
I have totally copied you and the IBC looks and feels great with the wooden scales and now the Feather Pro doesn't make contact.
Superb!
I had that shavette ... The scsle was unncoated and it finished in the bin due to water damage ...
Okay, feeling mjclark gaining on me, I unpacked my razor making stuff. I didn't realize I had so many boxes of tools and parts, and found some unfinished projects that I forgot about. Anyway, behold v.2 of the IBC/Sanguine Frankenrazor. The idea of using the original pivot screw did not work so well as I found out it was too short and by then, the hole I made wider could not fit the pivot pins I had for my CJB and Feather AC mods, so I had to use my #8 brass screw which gave it a "shop class project" look to it.
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First shave with the wood scales tonight.
Your scales and your IBC thank you for doing that. It might be the light, but your scales actually look better already. Worth losing a couple of brain cells every couple of months for keeping that razor in good working order.