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Handsome Blade & Scales

I know everyone has his own preference, but when I asked Doug Marcotte of Tucson to make scales for my own Sheffield razor, I wanted them in this same rich French walnut. When I set out a batch of razors he's put scales on I have a hard time choosing between the gorgeous bloodwood, madrone, leopard wood, purple heart and desert ironwood, but my eye seems drawn of its own back to the swirling coffee look of the walnut.

This time Doug's work has been used to give proper companionship to a truly classy product of the Sheffield blade works: an 11/16-width Herskovitz from around 1900, with its signature shallow-curved tip and just a hint of concavity from a shallow "shoulder" showing where a narrow stone brought it to a full hollow grind, but without making the blade weak. This masterfully shaped piece of famous Sheffield Silver Steel is attached to a set of scales made with more care and craftsmanship than the original celluloids; the substantial, gracefully curved and beveled walnut encloses the blade and gives an illusion of compactness that is only dispelled by measuring the blade to show its cutting edge is just under 4 inches long.

The steel has been everywhere polished to a mirror shine. The tang stamps are polished to the roots and are nevertheless clear and easy to read. The pivot is tight and the razor holds itself open under gravity, so it doesn't wobble while stropping and won't flop shut on your knuckles during normal  handling. The pins are polished silver-nickel set in domed, pewter-textured stainless collars.


Truly Shave-Ready

I like my razors to look good, but I only shave with a straight-edge and I restore these for the purpose of giving people a flawless shaving tool. The edge has been carefully honed on both sides of a DMT Duosharp and a Norton water hone, lapped on balsa blocks with two grades of fine diamond grit and chrome oxide, then finished off with 60 strops on smooth saddle leather. The result is the only standard I accept: an edge that will cut a hanging hair at multiple points and deliver the smoothest, closest possible shave. With daily use and proper stropping and this razor shouldn't need to be any time honed soon. After sharpness-testing it's has been rubbed down with a silicone-impregnated cloth to give it a glossy moisture barrier.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

I take pride in my work and will refund any customer who isn't satisfied with their razor, including the cost of return shipping.

Free Shaving Soap

I also make and sell premium, heavily-scented shaving creams and soaps. With this razor you'll get a free four-ounce cup of my luxury soap made enriched with extra glycerin and special ingredients for a long-lasting, moisturizing lather. This is home-made soap which I sell for $6 per cake.

Other Shaving Products

I also sell hand-crafted shaving cream with the same luxurious ingredients as my soap, but with the scent-releasing properties of creams and with lanolin to be extra kind to the skin.

In addition to more great shavers, my other listing include beautiful 3-inch-wide deluxe razor strops made from heaviest saddle leather and hardware. Check out Marcotte table strops, 18 inches long, made of beautiful bloodwood mounted with thick, smooth strips of heavy-grain saddle leather.

Razor honing and restoration

I also offer a razor-sharpening and -polishing service starting at $20, and I can have Marcotte custom replacement scales installed on your razor at varying prices. Doug Marcotte's scales are made of carefully selected finest hardwoods and each set of scales is made to fit a particular blade with minimum space between blade and spacer, and with friction washers to help keep the heel of the blade dry, free of unnecessary wear and with even tension on the blade at every angle. Washers are flat or domed, in brass or stainless steel, and pins are in brass, nickel or copper. 

Free shipping worldwide

Shipping of razors is free worldwide, including APO's. In the United States delivery is by Priority Mail. In Canada and overseas delivery is by First Class Mail.