Thread: One Inch of Sheffield Steel

Nice work Glen and a fine looking blade deserving of ivory. Very well done!

The finish on the blade is very nice! seems like time period correct! ivory scales just fabulous! Great Job!

That is a fine looking shaver Glen. Great work! Best Regards Ken

Nice work on that restoration, Glen. You are the man!

Originally Posted by JSmith1983

Very nice. That Recon Turquoise works really well with the scales.

+1
I really love all details ... specially the wedge!!

Inspiring results Glen! Working with ivory would make me take pause for fear of ruining it. You obviously mastered working with it! Was the ivory fragile to the point that you had to do anything special (aside from making sure you went gently and hit accurately)?

Not Really Mike, Ivory is not all that fragile until it gets down into the super thin levels that they used in the old days.. Some of those scales were more in the .060 - .085 arena.. I aim for more in the .090-.110 arena, so I feel it is pretty darn strong in that range.. Ivory seems to be very shock resistant also, and of course the Feel and the Glow after polishing is something that only Real Ivory has..

Real care has to be taken while sanding it, much like Micarta you don't want to use low grit unless it is very necessary because you can get deep scratches that are very hard to get rid of, generally 220 is the lowest you want to start with, 320 is better, and a light touch is much better...

Listen to Glen.I did a resto Scale for a members NOS blade awhile back,One was prestine, one was broken at the pivot.
The Scales were only .050 thick, almost translucent
I made the replacment to match the orig and dyed it to match also,pinned it with washers which you could not see after final polish.
As Glen says, thicker Ivory is pretty tough stuff.

Beautiful Glen, must admit your attention to detail on this one is impressive to say the least.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Not Really Mike, Ivory is not all that fragile until it gets down into the super thin levels that they used in the old days.. Some of those scales were more in the .060 - .085 arena.. I aim for more in the .090-.110 arena, so I feel it is pretty darn strong in that range.. Ivory seems to be very shock resistant also, and of course the Feel and the Glow after polishing is something that only Real Ivory has..

Real care has to be taken while sanding it, much like Micarta you don't want to use low grit unless it is very necessary because you can get deep scratches that are very hard to get rid of, generally 220 is the lowest you want to start with, 320 is better, and a light touch is much better...

What about the restrictive rules around Ivory? Would have probably purchased pixelfied 10/8 if I wasn't worried it would get nailed at the border in customs...what are the issues around import / export?