Thread: Henckels Friodur 7/8 spanish point

Originally Posted by Milton Man

Oh, quick question - did you ice harden the blade or is that a Henckels factory thing?

Mark

That's Henckels..

Ice hardened steel makes for a much stronger no-stain blade that will hold the edge much longer and sharper.

Thanks, Max - that's what I though, but just wanted to make sure in case I was missing something fairly obvious.

Mark

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Did you just buff the cocobolo or does it have a finish on it. Love the satin look

I personally don't like the looks and shine of epoxy or CA. I always try to work as natural as possible. Besides the waterproofing treatments I always finish buffing and polishing the wood. Depending the wood I might end with a few layers of low, semi or glossy tung oil mix.
Renaissance Wax is always used as the last layer of protection and helps preserving your scales but to many people think it will last a lifetime and will make your scales water resistant at every use. It will not. Proper care of your razor and scales after each shave is very important.
Using a small layer of Renaissance wax on your scales every so often will help preserve the scales.

Max that looks great I love the scale design!!!!!
Now be honest, did you plan the grain at that angle to enhance the flow with the design???

That is one fine looking razor. perfect in every way.

It screams classy.

Charlie

If I could only have one razor, I'd want it to be something like that.

I know it's probably silly to ask about the pins as the rest of the razor is so sweet but damn! Those pins look really great. I've been expirementing with rescaling razors and I'm not real happy with the pins that you peen down. Are those ones the adjustable type screws or are we talkin' trade secret stuff here? Great job regardless

Originally Posted by straightcrazy

I know it's probably silly to ask about the pins as the rest of the razor is so sweet but damn! Those pins look really great. I've been expirementing with rescaling razors and I'm not real happy with the pins that you peen down. Are those ones the adjustable type screws or are we talkin' trade secret stuff here? Great job regardless

The toe side of the scales is peened. The pivot side has an adjustable type screw and nut which are both sanded down about half from its original height. There's really no trade secret.