What are you working on?

**outback** · 07-08-2018, 07:06 PM

Yes they shave very well, I believe then to have been NOS. For there was no sign of ever being honed, just rotting away.

**engine46** · 07-08-2018, 07:48 PM

When I was digging through my boxes with ivory scales the other day, I came across two razors exactly alike I forgot I had, John Engstrom. One was laying off to the side & the other was inside an old razor box i have that was patented during the civil war.

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**sharptonn** · 07-08-2018, 08:09 PM

Dammitt! I dug one out the other day as well!

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**engine46** · 07-08-2018, 08:26 PM

Cool Tom. I need to find my other one that I think is shorter. Notice the thumb notch in both of mine...............
I could be wrong, they might be the same length. The blades on these are 5 7/16" long. Now to find the other one that is in regular scales.

i didn't forget I have these though.

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I have a set of scales to replace the broken one. I actually have 3 razors like that which I plan on using the scales from. The were part of a 7 day set, D. Janitsch, 11 Air St, Regent St.

Then there's this Joseph Rodgers & Sons set.
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If I remember right, B52 restored one like this..............I think it was him, been a couple years.

I was wrong about the Jon Engstrom. The blades are actually 5 1/2" long. Just mine in ivory have thumb notches.
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Damn thing is sharp too, it bit me!

**MikeB52** · 07-08-2018, 10:58 PM

Nice razors men. Yup I did a covered tang a few years back, but it was a WB in bone scales with ivory tang. The tang thanks to Tom sending me up some precious bits.
Don’t have any full ivory scales in my collection,, yet.

**JP5** · 07-09-2018, 12:10 AM

Nice work guys! You have been busy. I love ivory and those 2 and 7 day sets are always nice to see. That bog oak looks good on everything! Razors, brushes, and even ground up as filler for horn repair!!

**JP5** · 07-09-2018, 04:18 AM

Update: Wife's citizenship oath ceremony is this Friday!

Got my very first faux frameback last week from the wild. A little rough, but I definitely have some in worse condition.

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Cut a piece for a magnet jig so MAYBE I'll be able to finish it before too long.
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**outback** · 07-09-2018, 10:53 AM

Good lookin razor, J

**Geezer** · 07-09-2018, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by JP5

Update: Wife's citizenship oath ceremony is this Friday!...snip...

Please congratulate her for learning more about this country than most of us ever knew. It is folks like her that have made this country great!

~Richard

**MikeT** · 07-09-2018, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by JP5

Update: Wife's citizenship oath ceremony is this Friday!

Congrats my friend!
So great to see such respect for the country as to work hard at citizenship, not easy and definitely learn more about than many natural born..
A wise man once said only that which is earned is respected. Perhaps a generality but there is truth..

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