Joe Chandler Restorations -- Four Scores

[berzerkeleyan]

Hey guys. I hardly every post here anymore (I find I save a lot of money by keeping my wetshaving forum surfing to a bare minimum :D ), so I'm sorry for the intrusion. Anyway, I am one of the many who have been treated by the work of the artiste commonly known as Joe Chandler. In the mail tonight I received the following beauties. In my haste to post, I can't say I took the best pictures. But trust me when I say that I am beyond happy and impressed.

My RAD is sated. For now.

Razor #1: 7/8 Joseph Elliot with Macassar ebony scales and brass spacer. Scales were originally horn. This one had some chips on the shaving edge, so Joe ground it down and honed it for me. In the third picture, I unfortunately did not wipe off the dust. But it does show the beautiful grain of the wood.

[berzerkeleyan]

Razor #2 is a 5/8 Wade & Butcher 1/4 hollow with feathered maple scales and marbled green spacer. Scales were also originally horn. And like the Joseph Elliot, it also needed some chips removed from the blade edge.

[berzerkeleyan]

Razor #3 is a 6/8 Crown & Sword with Hawaiian koa scales and blue spacer. The scales were originally plastic, and were gassing badly.

[berzerkeleyan]

Razor #4 is a 9/16 Wapienica with horn scales, red spacer, and initials etched into the blade. Scales were originally stainless steel. This is very similar to what was done for an SRP member.

I tried to capture some of the nuances of the horn in the third picture. It is truly outstanding work.

[TraderJoe]

Wow! Those are awesome! :eek: :drool:drool:drool

[rick]

Those are really spectacular :cool:
......I wonder how much moolah you'd spend if you hung out with us more often ??
Come back soon !

[Queen of Blades]

Joe does some beautiful work indeed!

Enjoy!

[Padron]

Wow,

Very nice :drool:drool:drool They look great, congrats!! :D

[Sejanus]

Impressive.. I am sure you will enjoy them!

[qhsdoitall]

Very very nice.

[Bronco]

Superb! We're glad you stopped by!

[bg42]

I see Joe C has been showing off again ,I bet your are a very proud owner,if not ship them over here and I will be,I`ll even pay the postage,you cant get a more generous offer than that, can you ?:::drool
Kind regards Peter

[Padron]

I really like that Koa Wood, sooo nice :drool:drool :cool:

[usqview]

i am continually impressed by his work.:drool

great little collect you have there.

i really need to send him a few project razors that i have sitting around.


cheers,
ryan

[IsaacRN]

SO SO BEAUTIFUL

Its amazing what a new set of scales can do to a razor

[Bill]

Joe's definitely got some nice talent running through his fingers. I like looking at his latest works.

[SSLSTudio...]

I know Joe's Work 1st hand got a couple razors here that I still need to get a good show going I too went with KOA and the scales are very nice.

I didnt know there was horn too :drool:drool:drool ! oh god I love the black horn darn my razors are already done but but ! i have a few still to be done you gave me some ideas!

[minderasr]

:drool

:love008

:happy096

[Amyn]

Those are purty, I have to get some of my str8 those nice looking scales.

[coolsimon]

Well I recently recieved a couple of razors back from JOE and im kicking my own butt as i didnt take before pictures...but what i got back blew me away in more ways than one....I will post pics later...regards,simon

[berzerkeleyan]

A quick update...I got around to shaving with both of the razors Joe honed for me -- the Joseph Elliot and the Wade & Butcher. Both shaved wonderfully. So, both razors perform just as good as they look.

I know they are all now my children, but I must admit: as far as looks and heft, the Joseph Elliot is probably my favorite of the four. The Wapi comes a close second.

[netsurfr]

thanks for sharing. Stunning!

[bg42]

Make sure you look after those babies ,if the responsability becomes to much for you ,you know where to send them
beautiful work J.C
Kind regards Peter

[moviemaniac]

Wow, now that's some COOL looking razors! ::

[iron maiden]

Very nice razors, indeed. That koa wood reminds me of tiger stripe maple.