Thread: Cattaraugus Re-Scale

G'Day All,
Fresh off the hones last night and a very enjoyable shave this morning.
Cattaraugus Cutlery Co 4/8 with an almost French point. Re-scaled in black and blue G10 with a nickel silver wedge, brass internal washers and stainless pins and washers.
Honing progression was Naniwa SS 1K, 5K 10K and 12K followd by Yellow Belgian Coticule with light slurry, a few passes on Balsa with CrOx and then leather.
I have been experimenting with the coti after the 12K looking for that smooth comfort and found a very light slurry on it smooths the edge nicely.
Adam

Very nice
I've never worked with G10 but i'm tempted to give it a try. Is it hard to make a scales out of it?

Maciek.

Like the look. Nice sleek razor. Came out good

Very sleek Adam, the black/blue G10s are slimming on her! Also really like the blade's round spine leading to a spike point (not sure if there's a name for that).

Is there any way you can capture the 'blue' of the scales a little more? Close up/flash? Just interested to see.

Originally Posted by macrob

Very nice
I've never worked with G10 but i'm tempted to give it a try. Is it hard to make a scales out of it?

Maciek.

Hi Maciek,
despite what you hear, not too hard. The trick is not to use power tools, which i do not have anyway. Apparently by all accounts it blunts power saw blades very quickly.
i cut it from a slab with a coping saw. Refine profile with a file. Then clamp horizontally and shoe shine with emery cloth to round the surfaces to how i want. Then wet/dry paper on a foam rubber sanding block in various grits to get all the marks out. Can leave like that or buff up with cloth and polish {like this one} or a power buffer.
Very strong and light weight.
Regards,
Adam

G10 is very nice to work with. Use files, saw, sandpaper, beltgrinder etc.
BUTTTTT, REMEMBER!!!

The dust that comes from G10 is not good for you health! It's dangerous!. Wear a good dustmask with P3 filters, use eye protection etc. The particles you get from sanding, sawing etc. are full of very fine fibres so be careful.

Thanks Shaggy - i really have to remember not to assume things.
Also - if you add a little water when sanding it helps minimise the dust your mask has to filter.
Adam

Originally Posted by Suavio

Very sleek Adam, the black/blue G10s are slimming on her! Also really like the blade's round spine leading to a spike point (not sure if there's a name for that).

Is there any way you can capture the 'blue' of the scales a little more? Close up/flash? Just interested to see.

Here you go Suavio,
The blue black G10 and also silver Twill G10 in close up.
Please also note the safety requirements above for working in G10.

The black/blue looks even more stunning close up, and the other is unlike anything I've seen before. Very nice work and good choices in G10 'texture'.

Don't think I'll be working with G10 anytime soon, since it's hard to come by, but I definitely recommend the same safely precautions when working with either bone or shell - they are also quite hazardous!

Question - in both your posts, you say you used stainless pins. Did you mean nickle silver, or did you really use stainless steel pins? I would think steel would be too hard to peen, but I've been wrong many times. Just curious.