Thread: Blue Satin

Sooooo nice!

So is the transferred logo raised from the scales? Pics and description please...

Oooh.. love the blue. Some time ago - last year? - a member posted a pic of another Duck that he'd soaked in Barbicide which turned it a nice pale pearly blue. I thought that was pretty cool but this is ever better. Great job!

rs,
Tack

Originally Posted by souschefdude

So is the transferred logo raised from the scales? Pics and description please...

The brass sits on top of the acrylic yes. Where they sit near the wedge is not a problem because it wraps just like original. There is a considerable amount of time spent sanding to fit and I also shape the brass somewhat to make to ends (like the pointed parts or duck bills) fit tight. You can feel the letters but I polished them after install and no grabbing. A rag might catch on those points but I have found that an edge lined with ca glue keeps that from happening. The whole trick ( I think is make sure the whole piece has an even coverage of ca glue when you put it down. I have had to lift some edges and put more glue under them to keep them down. I have some other tricks I am learning and have taken some videos that I may be able to edit together later. I take them now just so I remember what happened and why. I will try to take some close ups of what I think you want to see and post them. The cat is sleeping in my photo tent right now :<0)

I learned this from Glen's threads on transfering inlays .. http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...-gssixgun.html

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I am glad some of you think this is an improvement on the original. I just figure plain old clear is boring and I bet if they had these colors back in the day they would have used them. With the Ducks I think they used about everything they could think of. Black tangs, Gold tangs, blue lettering, yellows and clears etc. I plan on making a 7 day set of Satinedges with 1 color for each day. 4 more to go. I am not in any hurry but that could change if I win the lotto :<0)

Very nice friend. I think it looks better than originals! Ya did good!! Thanks for sharing!!
Ray

This is the best I could do with the pictures of it sitting on top.
original

restored

I must agree with everyone the blue scales and logo transfer is really good looking, good choice of color and great work!

That is just plain awesome looking. If I may ask, where did you get the material to make the scales? Sorry if that seems like a question everyone should knpw the answer to, but I'm brand new to this. Thanks

10pups, my hat's off to you, good sir, for such a fine piece of work.

Between this and "Duck Under Glass", I'd say you're easily on your way to an awesome 7 day set.