C130 and copper scale for a straight razor

cardoso5fr

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A straight razor 5/8, c130 steel, differential water hardened blade, double tempering to 200°c. Near wedge, vintage completion. Plumbery copper tube cut and solder to have a very basic scale, fastly done and fully efficient in the way of the vintage blade. The copper is hammered and bead blasted to give him some "springness" after the solder.


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Nice! I like the coppers hand worked look. And the blade turned out very well. Did you cut the tang with a checkering file? I am working on a straight razor now. Not sure what scales I am going to use yet.
 
Yes i use a 00 checkering file for the tang (a bit polished because it was a bit too rough :D

In europe, guys enjoy the wood, in usa it's hard wood, or something more technical as g10, carbon fiber. Copper is good to have a vintage look, but it's not traditionnal at all. Horn, bone, ivory and nice wood are often good choice. I don't enjoy horn at all (the odor and it's not water friendly) but in the past that was used very often.

i use titanium, g10, copper, stainless steel, carbon fiber,

1/16" g10 from usa knifemaker is perfect to make ultra easly straight razor scale. Strong and flexible enough to make exactly what you want ultra fastly without effort :D

It's function of you blade and what you want to show, with a nice and perfectly shiny blade, a copper scale as i did will not matched at all :D. Iron wood or a nice ebony would be perfect. Buffallo horn give something ultra nice but as i said, i don't enjoy horn :D

With carbon fiber you have always a good look, class and efficient.

With G10 you have a modern look, but it won't fit with the way of thinking of a lot of guy (french especially .... :))

With titanium, you can have something really fun , but there are not a lot a straight maker whose use ti for scale.

With stainless, that is functional, but heavy. It's for an "utilitarian" straight razor which need a great protection during numerous travel :D

Bone give always something interesting, especially after some year, but the odor is not great during the work.

I hope to have given to you some idea :D
 
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