Thread: Wade & Butcher "WASP" (slightly less than original......)

That is the perfect example of a vintage custom. Well executed. The stinger, she is growing on me!

Originally Posted by Johnus

Your more optimistic me!! Can't wait to see what happens!

Scales are unique and stunning, share the process? Jim

Originally Posted by BloodBath

Scales are unique and stunning, share the process? Jim

its all the material really, its layered G10, yellow and black alternating layers so all i did was contour the scales after profiling so the layers would reveal themselves. i tried to make them even. i don't always, sometimes i like to do more of a random texture with the layered g10, it reveals some pretty cool designs that way.

Any pics of the blade front on ? I'm wondering how much metal was removed from the spine & how many layers of tape it will take to hone it,assuming its not honed in the above pics.

[QUOTE=silverloaf;1345559]its all the material really, its layered G10, yellow and black alternating layers so all i did was contour the scales after profiling so the layers would reveal themselves. i tried to make them even. i don't always, sometimes i like to do more of a random texture with the layered g10, it reveals some pretty cool designs that way.[/QUOTE

Thanks for the info , Silverloaf, very attractive . Have u thought about doing a video? I'm a glassblower, and do similar work on glass pieces. Jim

Originally Posted by silverloaf

first some yellow & black G10 for the scales.... then since I wanted to get rid of the majority of the pitting I had to rework the tail slightly and decided to add a "stinger" hence the WASP was born! I ended up smoothing and evening out the rough regrind and gave it a satin finish on the blade faces, more of a polish on the tang and tail. I like the results but im ready for the onslaught of "why would you do that.....?"s bring it on!

Now that's a really unique restore, took me a minute to get the WASP thing until I noticed the tang, then my brain clicked again, and the color of the scales suddenly made sense! This is a thinking man's razor!!!

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Any pics of the blade front on ? I'm wondering how much metal was removed from the spine & how many layers of tape it will take to hone it,assuming its not honed in the above pics.

honed through to 8k before pics, one layer of tape on the spine.

Beautiful work!! (as always) I love the colors.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Any pics of the blade front on ? I'm wondering how much metal was removed from the spine & how many layers of tape it will take to hone it,assuming its not honed in the above pics.

take a look back at the b4 pics and you get a sense of things. a regrind had apparently been attempted and on the front side it went up tight to the spine, on the backside it was mostly in the middle of the blade. in addition the bevel was very uneven so i tightened it all up, rocking it on the 8" contact wheel to just get to the lowest point of the previous regrind. the bevel doesn't show well in my pics but i honed up to 8k before pics so that the polished bevel would stand out against the satin finished blade (didn't show obviously) and ill take it the rest of the way to either 12k or a thuri. i hate using anything more than 1 layer of tape, so i tightened up the bevel enough to just use one layer on this one.

You know I like it hehehe

Take a rusted hunk of junk and turn it back into a nice looking usable tool again