Thread: F.W. Engels in Orange Osage

I think the scales look very good. There's no law against using adjustable pins - they would perhaps have suited a (non traditional) one piece scale better than that big washer. Use your own judgement as to what you like.

Nice work anyway.

Thanks all. Heespharm, I hope I can make a convert out of you. Bongo: love the Osage Orange too. It's got a great texture, almost oily. It polishes up really nicely. It also went well with the black Engels blade

Wade, bodock looks really cool. I've never seen it in the hardwood shops I frequent. The one piece wasn't all that hard. I cut the notch with a table saw and cleaned it up with a Japanese hand saw and some mini files I have. It would be a piece of cake if I had a belt grinder and a band saw. This video shows Mastro Livi making scales and I think that he's got the best method I've seen. Only problem is that not all of us have an entire knife making shop


I finished it with a Jnat and shaved with it (just to test it of course). Shaved just like Barbara...which is to say, like butter.

Originally Posted by PapaTony

Thanks all. Heespharm, I hope I can make a convert out of you. Bongo: love the Osage Orange too. It's got a great texture, almost oily. It polishes up really nicely. It also went well with the black Engels blade

Wade, bodock looks really cool. I've never seen it in the hardwood shops I frequent. ...

I have some I cut down and had sawed into slabs, 25 years ago. It's hell on power tools, but can be worked by hand no problem. Scaling a couple of knives and making a longrifle taught me a bunch about working wood (I was more of a metal head). But of course I'll learn much more re-scaling razors.

I love the dark red/orange/brown the wood will turn with enough exposure. And the polish that that wood will take... It doesn't actually grow up here on the rim, but i'm just minutes away from "take all you want". I'm hoping to score a big root or other such twisted section for curious grains. It's the ultimate wooden handle for anything where weight isn't an issue.

If you ever have some left over, feel free to send it my way! I'd love to make a set out of it.

I think Pixel made a brush or a loom strop out of some lignum vitae. I haven't been able to find any of that either, but I always have my eye out for it!

Originally Posted by PapaTony

If you ever have some left over, feel free to send it my way! I'd love to make a set out of it.

I think Pixel made a brush or a loom strop out of some lignum vitae. I haven't been able to find any of that either, but I always have my eye out for it!

I have lignum vitae, but it's only a guitar pick...that's expensive enough....ooooooooooooh thinking of the resin content of the LV, i just remembered that i have some pitch pine i could play with (i think to myself outloud). I don't know if i could handle the pitch smell (turpentine/pine-sol) up under my nose, but it cannot be worse than some of the antique plastic i'll be replacing.

Maybe i start on a couple of those tonight.

Nice twin set!!

Very nice indeed!!
I currently am drying some osage to make some brush handles also!!

Ray

Originally Posted by walleyeman

Very nice indeed!!
I currently am drying some osage to make some brush handles also!!

Ray

It really was nice to work with. For scales it was pretty flexible and for brushes it turned easily. It got a little rough on the lathe, but that may have been due to my lack of skill. My solution was to rough shape it and take it the rest of the way with some 120 grit. It smoothed up nicely then

Can't wait to see what you do with it Ray. Your other brushes have been beautiful.

-Tony

Good job, looks nice. I like the pins also. I had a razor with the fastener and while I didn't mind it in theory, it would loosen up and seemed like a hassle. Maybe I needed a lock nut

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Good job, looks nice. I like the pins also. I had a razor with the fastener and while I didn't mind it in theory, it would loosen up and seemed like a hassle. Maybe I needed a lock nut

Loctite it with super glue... If you have to grind it to get it off who cares.... It would make it the same as pinning because u need a new pin and washers every time