Thread: The General

Originally Posted by WW243

For me the standard for a restore....and patience. They don't show up here as clearly as I've seen them elsewhere on this razor but a subtle decision to use contrasting rods and collars really looks cool. I don't know about Greaves having souls, but the two guys that collaborated on this build have them. Thanks for posting. And a tip of the hat to the craftsman of the past who put their hearts into work.

Yes, the bronze will take on a golden tone in time and will be much more noticible.
Funny you would say that about the craftsmen of the past. Darl is a Machinist/toolmaker.
He actually did some serious math when calculating the degrees and thickness of the "wedge" end for this project and machined it on a milling machine using his precise calculations. It worked perfectly. Probably not done nearly as such back in the day as they just "did it"! Oh....Greavses do indeed have souls. Here is proof!

Yes I have a machinist brain not an artistic brain. Everything has to be proven by mathematics. The wedgeless wedge alone I had to break out the trigonometry to find the proper wedge angle to use. I CA glued the halves to my milling machine vise and milled the wedge boss. I then set up the halves in the vise and with a tapered 3 degree cutter milled the angles on the wedge bosses giving them a perfect match. The 3 degrees splayed the two halves perfectly so that the thick Greaves sat nice and deep in the scales.
This was a real fun project to do.

And there you have it, folks! He machines EVERYTHING!
My hero! HAR!

The blade is very cool and historical as well. The new scales look great and the craftsmanship of the fabrication looks flawless and true. Many thinks that making wedges is difficult, just imagine making wedgeless scales that actually fit!

Im sure Greaves didnt have the machines that Darl worked with, but nevertheless i can appreciate the time and effort to make these scales, Great work Enjoy!

I am sure they did not make scales with such precision, You are correct in your assumption, Martin. Thanks! We have great results! Pretty nice!