Thread: granite scales on a Norton special 1401

OK its not real granite, it is sculpt on a stainless steel backing

This is only my second go at a razor restore and I wanted to try something differe nt. I don't think anyone has completed any scales using sculpy, the couple of posts I saw they never finished it !

Anyway here it is, its not perfect but as a trial run to see if it will work I think its been a success from that point of view

The pictures haven't come out that well I'll have to take some more so just the one at the moment



Edit: just a quick note for anyone wanting to use sculpy as a scale material. I do think it really needs a backing material as it seems a bit delicate at the thickness required for scales. I also tried in the past to make a knife handle out of the stuff.......that didn't work, the first time I used the knife for anything a bit strenuous it broke but for scales and mounted on a stronger backing material it seems to work and feels allot like an acrylic handle.

very clever. i'd like to see some more pictures.

Some more pics

That is really nice!

When using sculpey, did you mold it to the scale shape then bake it or did you roll out a sheet to the desired thickness and cut it out and shape from there? Just curious since I can see a lot of great possibilities with this material.

Originally Posted by McBrautigam

That is really nice!

When using sculpey, did you mold it to the scale shape then bake it or did you roll out a sheet to the desired thickness and cut it out and shape from there? Just curious since I can see a lot of great possibilities with this material.

Hi , I made two oversized blocks from the sculpy then baked them. When they cape out I sanded one side flat and fixed them with epoxy to some roughly shaped backing.

Here is what they looked like after fixing and a rough sand to shape http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...orking-33.html

I think next time I won't make the initial block so thick it took some sanding to get it thin enough for the final scales

Nice. I think it turned out well. Good tip on using backing material. I tried Corian (the granite looking counter top material) on a knife handle once and had similar problems with that.

Corian does work well for wedges. I doubt it would be good scale material because it is fairly brittle. You may be onto something with using with a backing though. I had to google scuply. Nice looking project.

One thing I did find out early on is that once this stuff has been baked it doesn't like allot of heat. Before I sanded the blocks down I took a dremel to it with a buffing attachment to see what kind of finish it took. It was on a pretty high speed 25krpm if I remember correctly. The surface just kind of flaked and crumbled, thankfully there was plenty of material left to not be an issue and buffing later at a much slower speed (and much less friction heat) caused no I'll effect

Boy the photos with the flash really show off the pretty color of the material, I really do dig the look.Well done!!!

I'm sorry, I love the scales but I don't know what "sculpy" is. Could you clearify?