Koken Gazelle 5/8 dwarf hollow rescaled

This razor came in natural honey horn scales, but they were rotten in too many places to try and rejuvenate, so I put it in some canvas micarta, but those scales were never quite right. Too heavy and the pivot was awkward, due to bad cutting on my part.

I finally got my belt sander and belts, so I decided to make a set of teak scales for this cool little razor.


Outdoors in natural light


artificial light

This little thing has a blade length of 2 7/16" heel to toe, and an overall length of 5 3/4" from end to end closed. This would be my travel razor, if I ever traveled...lol

Great little shaver, too!

Beautiful scales, Chris. Teak is such a beautiful wood.

Nice job Chris!

Thanks Gentlemen! I took a couple more shots in hand for scale...
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The new scales are very lightweight, too. It feels much better than the clunky canvas micarta it was wearing previously...


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Wow that thing is small!

Wow that thing is small!

Small, Jeff, but beautiful. Chris does some beautiful work.

Wow that thing is small!

Yea, she is a little razor, but she is one heckuva decent shaver! Takes a really fast edge, and shaves very well. The light weight, since the new scales, makes it feel almost like a shavette...very nimble and easy to manipulate.

Before the new scales, it was very difficult to control...awkward and out of balance...now it feels like a little racecar, zipping around my head with no worries!

Great job on the scales - I haven't had a chance to work with teak yet but may have to try.

Beautifully done! Can't speak as a head shaver, but as a face shaver, I'd say that's all the razor you'd ever need. Size is sometimes overrated -- do you really need that 19/16 hunk of steel rubbing against your skin? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.   )

Beautifully done! Can't speak as a head shaver, but as a face shaver, I'd say that's all the razor you'd ever need. Size is sometimes overrated -- do you really need that 19/16 hunk of steel rubbing against your skin? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.   )

Thanks!

I LOVE using this little razor to cut in my cheek lines. It's super easy to carve them in nice and clean without accidentally nicking my nose, cutting half the 'stache, or jabbing an eye with the spike point...

For head shaving, the blade is longer than the contact point, so I really don't feel like I am missing anything between this and a blade of standard length.