Thread: Wade and Butcher in dark horn

Picked this one up on fleabay for very little. I liked the shape of the blade and it was fairly good condition. I hand sanded, polished and then put the blade in my case tumbler for the final finish. I masked the "ground" area of the blade with electrical tape and then glass beaded the spine and tang. So shiny ground area with satin finish elsewhere.

I wanted to play with making washers. I bought some nickel silver stock and cut pieces. I stacked them on an 0-80 bolt and turned them using a file to bring the whole set to a uniform diameter and round. I hand slotted the wedge end washers and beveled the edges to reduce the thickness and lastly polished the washers.

The wedge is also nickel silver.

The scales are dark horn, reproducing the "factory" shape. Honed up nice and is tomorrow's shave.

Turned out pretty darn good!

I really like your creative washers. Out of the box and traditional at the same time. Were the glass beads in the case tumbler? I've always stuck with walnut shells but would like to experiment.

No the glass beads are in a media blaster (sand blaster). It works to satin finish a blade but you must run over 100 psi and hold the nozzle right up on the work and still it takes a while since the steel is so hard.

In my tumbler I run pecan shells with jeweler's rouge.

My compliments on a lovely job of work and design!

~Richard

Originally Posted by Splashone

No the glass beads are in a media blaster (sand blaster). It works to satin finish a blade but you must run over 100 psi and hold the nozzle right up on the work and still it takes a while since the steel is so hard.

In my tumbler I run pecan shells with jeweler's rouge.

Another good pit remover is the use of baking soda in an airbrush eraser. Low pressure and no worry about rust. Also it is a bit easier to point aim it to cover a very small area and I have cut masks of tape to protect the surrounding blade area. Great for a touch up near a shallow etch.


~Richard

Great job and I really like the washers.

As always, nice work my friend, nice work indeed!

Thank you for sharing

Well thought-out. The mirror/contrasting satin finish and the detail/handwork put into the washers and wedge is impressive. Very nice work.