Thread: A razor of firsts

I had hoped to finish this in time for the Edmonton get together yesterday, but it didn't happen. This was my first time making wood scales, and my first time trying one piece scales. They are bubinga, I think, and finished with renwax.

Nice! When you make a one piece, how do you determine the width of the slot? Same as the tang at the pivot, larger, smaller? Also, what did you use to cut it?

I used a bandsaw and a chisel to cut the groove, width-wise, I eyeballed it to about half the width of the spine.

It looks pretty nice. Getting the two sides nice and even should have been a little tricky. You have to love it when it all comes together. Love the rock too! LOL

That rock has a familiar look to it! Nice work on the scales!

A really nice job, Jon,,,

I love the grain. Where did you get the wood?

I got the wood at Lee Valley..

And as for the rock, I thought you'd like that, I used it in my progression, but I had already promised myself to finish this one on the new Zulu.

Very nice indeed! I know how hard the one piece scales can be and you've done extremely well to keep them so thin and neat. My first one piece effort was the following, which is much chunkier and needs a little more work still...



I also like a wax finish, and the wood you chose suits a good old blade. Thanks for sharing.

Nicely done!!

Ray