7/8 Luxury custom in thuya burl

[jeness]

Hi everyone!

Here is my newest custom, I like this one the most of those I have made so far. This is the second occasion I used thuya burl, but after the first try I was certain that I need to use a liner or something to reinforce this wood. My wood of choice was african blackwood, being the second most dense wood in the world, and also very hard. Very stable, very oily and resinous, I thought this will make a very nice reinforcement to the burl, and it came out really nice indeed.

The blade is 7/8" in size, scales are made from thuya burl and african blackwood with SS washers and nickel-silver pins. This is my first filework on a razor, I hope you like it! This one took me a long time to make, but I really like the outcome, this won't be my last I am sure.

Here are the pics, please let me know your opinion about this razor, be it bad or good!

Thanks for watching!

 

[global_dev]

very nice! i like the thuya burl and african black wood, it looks very classy

 

[Nxspam]

Wow! That's a beaut!

 

[Doc226]

Beast of a razor.

Send my way for proper disposal.

 

[Obiwan]

Very, very nice Jeness!!!

 

[strop]

Great combination of wood! Beautiful overall result as well.

 

[chibi]

Looks great!

 

[jpcwon]

Wow really nice!!

 

[BellyBloke]

.... you have spent a lot of time on this blade. That's for sure. Time very well spent.

 

[Cobre]

What a beauty...

 

[MileMarker60]

Jeness,
I like it! The only thing that stands out to me is the file work. Meaning it looks pretty "pointy", which could scratch up a strop.
While it wouldn't bother me with a junker / beater strop, some guys use some pretty fancy strops and they wouldn't want the razors spine to scratch it up.
It's a pretty small thing and the only reason I point it out is because I've done the same thing at times .

 

[jeness]

Jeness,
I like it! The only thing that stands out to me is the file work. Meaning it looks pretty "pointy", which could scratch up a strop.
While it wouldn't bother me with a junker / beater strop, some guys use some pretty fancy strops and they wouldn't want the razors spine to scratch it up.
It's a pretty small thing and the only reason I point it out is because I've done the same thing at times .

Thanks Brian for pointing that out! It looks pointy, it is actually, but somehow it doesn't scratch my strop, while another razor I have made scratches, and I had to round it off a bit. This razor was sent to a fellow member for testing a few days ago, he had the same concerns with it seeing the pics, but he said the razor was fine for him too. Maybe it has to do something with the count or the placement of the "teeth", I don't really know, I am just happy it turned out not to be a problem on this razor, just on another.

 

[tomjr]

that is pretty.

 

[jred]

Very, very nice!

 

[lukam]

Hot, hot, hot!

 

[newtobengall]

Its awesome mate, but imagine it with a polished ally wedge, would look even nicer imo. Awesome work.