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Straight Faced Honing and Restoration

Luecke3262

Luecke3262

“I am the Grail Razor Hunter”
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Hi Friends,

Many of you already know me well, but for those who don't here's a little bit of info about me. I'm a razor collector who specializes in straight razor restoration and have experience in restoring brushes and finding hard to find items. I really enjoy taking a ratty old razor which is covered in rust and turning it into something beautiful. I like the challenge of building and shaping new scales and working out how to care for these vintage beauties.

Honing is a ton of fun for me! Some razors are a real challenge while others are an absolute breeze! I hone on Jasper, Escher Thuringian, Arkansas, Coticule, Synthetics, Jnats(still learning) and more. I personally prefer to use natural stones for finishing and synthetics for bevel set only. I enjoy my zen time with the hones and like being challenged.

Now that I finally have a nice sized workshop and more free time I look forward to pushing out more projects than ever.

Contact me at mluecke23@gmail.com or send me a PM.

Here are a few of my recent projects and I look forward to providing more soon.
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Thanks,

Matt Luecke
 
Luecke3262 said:
Hi Friends,

Many of you already know me well, but for those who don't here's a little bit of info about me. I'm a razor collector who specializes in straight razor restoration and have experience in restoring brushes and finding hard to find items. I really enjoy taking a ratty old razor which is covered in rust and turning it into something beautiful. I like the challenge of building and shaping new scales and working out how to care for these vintage beauties.

Honing is a ton of fun for me! Some razors are a real challenge while others are an absolute breeze! I hone on Jasper, Escher Thuringian, Arkansas, Coticule, Synthetics, Jnats(still learning) and more. I personally prefer to use natural stones for finishing and synthetics for bevel set only. I enjoy my zen time with the hones and like being challenged.

Now that I finally have a nice sized workshop and more free time I look forward to pushing out more projects than ever.

Contact me at mluecke23@gmail.com or send me a PM.

Here are a few of my recent projects and I look forward to providing more soon.
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Thanks,

Matt Luecke
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Beautiful work, Matt. (y)
 
These two showed up on my doorstep while we were out on vacation. I couldn’t resist cleaning them up. They’ll be waiting and ready to test out the Jnats when they show up in the next day or two.

Dubl Duck Dwarf 5/8 Full Hollow
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Peter J. Michael’s Merit 5/8 Full Hollow

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I felt inspired to work on a set of scales this evening for this Jernbolaget Swedish Straight razor. The razor still needs polished, but will be finished up soon.

Made from Stabilized Spalted Maple, I plan on finishing them with a bunch of coats of CA.

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