Thread: That time in life, got to teach the boy to shave time to restore another razor

very nice,
I love the glass finish of the epoxy on a good wood.
he should be a very happy lad with an heirloom quality str8 in his starter kit
cant wait to see the rest of the kit when its done

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Beautiful scales-I keep wanting to try your epoxy finish. I have read a tutorial buried on the site somewhere, may try it soon.

I wrote that. You could say I wrote the book on epoxy resin finishes. There are a couple how to's for epoxy resin.

Turned the brush today and have the Mach3 ironwood tube glued up and ready to turn. I had to blow half the day working on my daughters car in the rain. Hopefully he will appreciates it. He will have a $400 starter kit when I finish. Putting a 22mm finest fan top knot in the ironwood brush. It will get finish tomorrow.

I can personally vouch for Dave's scale jobs. Don't hesitate to ask him to do a scale job for you.

I just read the adoption notices. I am only 70. Come and get me Daddy.............

Love it...gorgeous work!

If you wondered about that bayonet, it was a Springfield Armory 1918 bayonet for a 1903-A3 Springfield rifle. There are not many of them left in their full length. After WW1 they were put in long term storage. During WW2 metal was in short supply so to save material the ordnance department took the surplus bayonets and cut them down to 12 inches for the M1 Garand so most were altered. This one was dripping cosmoline geese. They are literally dipped in a vat of liquid geese then dropped in crates. I spent a few days getting the cosmo out of the wood and restored it to its original condition. You can still see the armory stamps in the handle. Last time this rifle and bayonet were together the world was deep in war.







Now back to straight razors....

Funny thing about those particular bayonets. I had an '03 made in 1919. Shootin SOB w/4 groove barrel. Paid $35 for the rifle in the mid 70's. It still had the original dated sling and proper butt stock junk with it. Bought a bayonet like you showed for $80 in the mid 80's. Cussed because they were SO expensive.

Sold the rifle for $600 in the late 90's, sold the bayonet for $275 a short time later.

Still kicking self in ass for selling rifle.

Beautiful work on the razor. All I ever used on ironwood was a buffing wheel. I still call that stuff desert stink wood.

That would have been a low SN 1903. Very dangerous to shoot. The early heat treating on the original 1903 (not the -A3 version) had bad issues and the bolts liked to explode in the rifle.

Dad has a Smith Corona build with a 6 groove. They only made them for a couple years. They got it back in the 50's from the NRA for something like $30. Still in the packing cosmo and original crate, never fired. One day it will go into my collection, but hopefully not too soon.

The brushe is turned and in finish. Bad phone photos. Once the finish has cured (another day) I will get some better photos. Very interesting block of Ironwood. Unique grain/coloring. I have used a few hundred pounds of Ironwood making espresso machine parts and never seen a block like this. Cut a couple slabs to make handles for a knife from the same block.

The barrel for the Mach3 razor is turned and in finish as well. It should all be finished in another day. Then I need to hone the straight. Once he decides on what he wants to use I will pick up a strop (I hope) from Don for him to use.