This is the last of a lot of 4 French razors I bought a long time ago that I almost forgot I had.
The first I made a Kabrand shorty with original but shortened scales
The second was a Famex restoration with new scales
and the third was an IC Veritable vincent Frameback with handmade scales
This is a Y. Bourhis Concarneau 193 6/8 but I'm fairly sure it started life as a P. Hospital (Le Grelot) blank.
It came without scales so I've been trying to get Thiers Issard style scales and contemplated making them.
Recently I saw a razor that was totally beyond help but the scales were Tortoiseshell in the TI style so I grabbed it.
The scales came with a bone wedge and were 1.5mm so I had to drill 1.6mm holes for the nickel-silver rods
Nickel-silver Rosette Collars seem appropriate with the scales
Internal washers and plenty of overhang to accommodate the collars
Bevel set on 1.5k
Narutaki Mukaida with Tsushima nagura
Aiiwatani nagura
Ta-Da
A fine looking razor ready to be put back in service
Good shave but I think the edge needs to be toned down a bit as it currently goes to 11
The first I made a Kabrand shorty with original but shortened scales
The second was a Famex restoration with new scales
and the third was an IC Veritable vincent Frameback with handmade scales
This is a Y. Bourhis Concarneau 193 6/8 but I'm fairly sure it started life as a P. Hospital (Le Grelot) blank.
It came without scales so I've been trying to get Thiers Issard style scales and contemplated making them.
Recently I saw a razor that was totally beyond help but the scales were Tortoiseshell in the TI style so I grabbed it.
The scales came with a bone wedge and were 1.5mm so I had to drill 1.6mm holes for the nickel-silver rods
Nickel-silver Rosette Collars seem appropriate with the scales
Internal washers and plenty of overhang to accommodate the collars
Bevel set on 1.5k
Narutaki Mukaida with Tsushima nagura
Aiiwatani nagura
Ta-Da
A fine looking razor ready to be put back in service
Good shave but I think the edge needs to be toned down a bit as it currently goes to 11
