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10-17-2015, 02:20 PM #1Senior Member
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Over the course of time I got these as trades for work . Finally I got around to working on them.
The one with the black horn scales comes in at a shy 9/8. The scales were decent so I cleaned them up, reused the lead wedge and had to make up some stacked washers.
With the second coming in at 15/16 it too is a hefty blade . On this one as well as on the other I did a brushed finish on the blade and polished the spine / shaft. But on this one I just had to toss the wood scales in favor of some nicely patterned horn. Here I also used stacked washers and did up an Ivory wedge.
Now my Celebrated (9/8) FBU has some company.Last edited by mycarver; 10-17-2015 at 02:52 PM.
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Im always bowled over by your work, beautifully restored.
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The horn scales are much better than the wood. Looking at the shape - I'm going to call it a chamfer - was that done by hand or using some kind of router?
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Thank you very much.
On the scales I made I kept them flat overall and the chamfer or bevel was cut by hand. Well actually sanded and filed into place rather than a true "cut" but yes it's all hand work.
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A bit awkward to photograph entirely but here you might get a feel for it a bit better.
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10-17-2015, 03:47 PM #6Senior Member
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As if any of us neeed anything further to prove where to send off our distressed treasures for revitalizing!!!
Nice work as always."The production of to many usefull things results in too many useless people."
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10-17-2015, 04:42 PM #7Senior Member
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Very nicely done Mark. I love that last picture...3 Aces! Two more and you'll have a full house...
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10-17-2015, 04:57 PM #8Senior Member
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2 more and I'll have to add some more support to the drawer they're in. Heavy metal!
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10-17-2015, 05:13 PM #9Senior Member
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Heavy Metal indeed! But you gotta love the big blades...besides...your from the home of heavy metal: Bethlehem!
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Sweet Sheffieldology ! You might have a future in this kind of work Mark.
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