Thread: W&B American #2 of the 7 day set

G'day all,
a bit more traditional with my 3rd resto.
This is going to be the 2nd member of my 6/8" to 7/8" 7 day set I intend to make up the justify my RAD
Blade - Wade & Butcher - American Razor 13/16" square point
I wanted to retain the aged character so only gave the blade a hand polishing with Autosol metal polish (no sanding)
Scales - I made the scales from light horn slabs (from robsbits on Ebay in the UK)
Cheeted & used the linisher at work for the bulk material removal the wet & dry from grits 320, 600, 800, 1200, 1500, 3000 & 4000 then a polishing with a eucalyptus & bees wax wood polish to see how it geos
Wedge – this is black horn from the original broken scale to keep a bit more of the original memories, probably should have used lead or brass for the extra weight to balance it but I like the contrast of the black
Pins etc – Brass coned washers, brass thrust washer made from 10 thou shim, brass pins.
Honing - still pops arm hairs but yet to rehone it fully and shave but I can see a new favourite comming into play.



Original ebay photo - forgot to take before photos

Very nice work mate, I like the choice of black horn wedge too.
Grant

Great work! splendid blade and great choice of materials for the scales, Enjoy!

Nice job! Did you make both sides of the scales out of one blank from robsbits or did it take 2?

There is the old saying "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". You, sir, have a joy forever there times 7!

yes Zack both scales came from 1 slab 60mm*160mm*5mm
since I made these scales fairly short compared to the originals I have about a 16mm x 60mm piece off 1 end that I can use for wedges later which the original rounded wedge shape would have used up also.
I recon you could maybe get 3 smaller hieght scales from 1 slab actually if you had a scroll or band saw and aternate the thick & thin ends to minimise the waste but as I only use a large belt sander (at work) for the bulk material removal I only get 2 scales
final thickness came out about 3mm (1/8")

I have done another set of longer & taller scales with the black horn slab also the same size that just fit 2 sides in it when cut it on a slight angle to fit the larger ends on it to the thin ends.
works about $6-$9 for materials (to Aus) per scale set

I would say took about 3 or so hours to make them from scratch, lapping the blank on 1 side to make flat for the inside, then draw, cut blank, tape together, rough shape & then hand sand then polish, took longer mainly because after i got to the 1500 grit and gave a quick polish to check progress I noticed some earlier grit scratches still so had to go back over them again
more dilegence with checking as I go would have saved a half hour or so.

Very nice restore!!

Ray

Very nice! I like the idea of salvaging the old horn for new wedge. After the set is complete I volunteer to test the set for a month or so....

Originally Posted by AirColorado

Very nice! I like the idea of salvaging the old horn for new wedge. After the set is complete I volunteer to test the set for a month or so....

Agreed - very nice touch. It looks great!