Thread: Kropp 6/8 in Indian Rosewood

Hi everyone,
this is my second restore/rescale project.

After I honed a Kropp for a customer, I set out to buy a few decent condition Kropp's for myself. They are made with a high quality steel that takes a great edge.

As I am a musical instrument maker ( I make the Oud which is a very popular arabian lute) I have many off cuts of exotic woods which are perfect for scales. I am using indian rosewood here as I love to work with it, the wedge is BC bigleaf maple and the style is based on the thiers issard scales which I like very much.

I am also posting the steps I take to make several identical scales in one go. I am planning to make this razor a twin as soon as I receive the blade. I cut out a big blank on the bandsaw and then saw off as many scales as it will yield. I use a push stick so I dont get my fingers any closer than 3 inches away from the moving blade, half way through the cut I switch the grip to pull the peice out as oposed to pushing it.

thanks,
hope you like it.