Thread: Wolstenholm in ebony.

George Wolstenhom IXL Washington Works Sheffield in ebony with stainless washer and nickle silver pins. Wedge is aluminum. Chunky scales for a chunky blade. Finished in renwax. I tried tung oil but it stayed splotchy on the ebony so I sanded it off and tried this out. Satin finish on the blade with mirror spine. The stamp on the tang was almost invisible when I got it so I did a minimal sanding there, a lot of deep pits left behind on both sides.

Nice work there. I've been working with Ebony lately myself. I have never tried RenWax on wooden scales. Yours certainly turned out nice. Would you recommend using RenWax for all types of wood, or just Ebony?

Looks good there Hart! How'd you achieve your satin finish on the blade?

Shane

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Looks good there Hart! How'd you achieve your satin finish on the blade?

Shane

I went back and forth between 600 and black emery until it looked ok, could have gone to green rouge and back to emery to finish but didn't this time.

Looks good. I'm a fan of aluminum for wedges, and would love to do some scales in ebony. Nice job.

That 5th pic really shows that beautiful detail of the
ebony. Coupling the aluminum with it paired nicely.

Thanks for sharing Hart,
In Christ
SB

Originally Posted by Bordee

Nice work there. I've been working with Ebony lately myself. I have never tried RenWax on wooden scales. Yours certainly turned out nice. Would you recommend using RenWax for all types of wood, or just Ebony?

It's my first time using it but there are a few threads here on the subject. For denser "oily" woods it is supposed to be ok.