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Both lovely! 
Custom handles
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Wow! These look fantastic!
I'm really new to DE shaving and don't really know what I'd want different to my 23C handle. I'll bear this in mind and hope you're still making handles if/when I want something custom. Great work, pal! Amazing.
I'm really new to DE shaving and don't really know what I'd want different to my 23C handle. I'll bear this in mind and hope you're still making handles if/when I want something custom. Great work, pal! Amazing.
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Mine arrived today 100mm x 16mm
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Love the knurling on that and the radiused neck!
I like the proportions of the Tadpole.
Now, a very naive question from a non-technical lad. How, in layman's terms do you achive knurling on a piece of metal that rotating at whatever speed?
What I'm failing to comprehend is why you don't und up with a smooth piece of metal.
Now, a very naive question from a non-technical lad. How, in layman's terms do you achive knurling on a piece of metal that rotating at whatever speed?
What I'm failing to comprehend is why you don't und up with a smooth piece of metal.
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The diamond pattern (knurling) is formed by clamping hardened steel rollers around the piece whilst it turns slowly.
If you're interested type 'knurling' into youtube and you'll see how it's done.
It's difficult on stainless though as stainless is very tough.
If you're interested type 'knurling' into youtube and you'll see how it's done.
It's difficult on stainless though as stainless is very tough.
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... these really are lovely. I hope it is not presumptuous to ask but would it be possible for you to do me a fencing grip styled handle?
What I have in mind is what is called the French grip with a pommel. I like long handles, so something close to the long handle that comes with the Merkur 23C would be ideal. I think it's around 100mm long and perhaps 10mm in diameter. Of the length, the final quarter (25mm ish) should be the pommel.
French grips for fencing tend to be "handed" - left or right, and so appear to have a curve to them. I'd want a simple straight handle, concave tip and knurling down the length (just like the tadpole) and then a slightly bulbous pommel with a narrow strip of knurling.
... this is the pommel I have in mind:
... and this is what it looks like (for scale) at the end of a French grip:
I think a recessed dividing cut would be useful between the handle and the pommel. The pommel should be ever so slightly bulbous, but not overly so. Pretty much like a ball end.
Is that possible?
What I have in mind is what is called the French grip with a pommel. I like long handles, so something close to the long handle that comes with the Merkur 23C would be ideal. I think it's around 100mm long and perhaps 10mm in diameter. Of the length, the final quarter (25mm ish) should be the pommel.
French grips for fencing tend to be "handed" - left or right, and so appear to have a curve to them. I'd want a simple straight handle, concave tip and knurling down the length (just like the tadpole) and then a slightly bulbous pommel with a narrow strip of knurling.
... this is the pommel I have in mind:
... and this is what it looks like (for scale) at the end of a French grip:
I think a recessed dividing cut would be useful between the handle and the pommel. The pommel should be ever so slightly bulbous, but not overly so. Pretty much like a ball end.
Is that possible?
