Wm. Jackson

Another razor that came in naked. The request was black scales, white wedge with silver liners. OK.
I couldn't resist working the blade a bit. It appeared that the stamping had been buffed as some streaking was evident below some of the lettering. I fixed that. I also did a little work on the blade itself taking care not to remove any more of the script as had been. Just a bit cleaner now.
For the scales I basically kept to a traditional design but flattened it a bit so the sweep of the scales matched the sweep of the spine. I like that look as it seems to me to appear more unified if both lines basically match.
I cut recesses to accept the NiAg. plate (.040) where the wedge would be.To accept the toe of the blade I made a small cove in the wedge to keep it close and tight to the blade. I kept the scales flat, Black Horn, but added a small bevel around the perimeter for an accent. NiAg pins and SS washers buttoned her up.

Reeeealy sharp looking. Where did you get the nickle silver plate from, and now did you set such a nice even bevel on the horn? I've been thinking some sort of router set up would make things a lot easier.

Thanks!
I've had the plate around for some time now and don't remember the exact source . Easy to find though as most knife making suppliers have something. It's a good size sheet. Wasn't much as I recall and whoever it was had it in a variety of thicknesses.

I have 4 routers in my shop of various sizes and I'm sure they could have been used as I did use one to rough out the inlays. But with small pieces , trying to use a follower , and getting the bevel cutter just right I took the easy way out and did it by hand. I used the equivalent of a Dremel with a drum. Took all of 5 minutes a scale to get it cut in and regardless some hand work will be involved.

Like with most other details I love to play with I tend to like to see it big and keep it simple. I try not to complicate matters with all sorts of gizmos and grand schemes. As Occam's razor states the simplest answer is usually the best course to follow.

wow, I can almost see my smile reflecting in those scales from here! ;)

And if you were here you could! In person they look like basalt.
It never ceases to amaze me that what I start out with was hiding in that slab I started with.
And it was just hanging on the head of a cow somewhere.
Too neat. Nothing like the beauty of natural products. Each one is unique in its own way

Good job Mark, we always look forward to seeing photos of your work. Thank you.......:rock:

Awesome job, I really like that razor !!!!!!!!!

Very sharp looking razor. Nice job!!!

very nice mycarver, I'm glad you're posting your work again since it is inspiring for me, something to look up to :)! I like the detail, groove in the wedge, I did one similar on wooden one by dremel and mainly by hand since the dremel was too rough and it turned out ok for a first one (CLICK) .. i hope you don't mind me asking, but how did do your groove on the wedge?

Very nice work Miha. I've used needle files to cut the grooves but in this case I used a micro motor (essentially a Dremel type tool) and a small diamond bit.

mycarver: I'm glad you think so but it's not really that great... but I'm trying :) ... I used the tiniest wood carving and/or (not sure) diamond bit and tried to make a groove, but found it to be extremely difficult to hold at least remotely straight line, so I finished with a sanding paper folded in line and sanded the material out with extreme caution.. files would probably work much better, thanks for the idea, I just have to find one that thin (triangle profiled will probably do the job I think).

So clean and beautiful. Art is the best word for it.