Koraat in Kinirite

I had this blade for a while (almost 2 years), I was hoping for ivory to be available again. Steve sent me a piece of kirinite in tortoise, thank you [USER=73183]@Steve56[/USER]

Jamie was also an inspiration

I wanted to make them as thin as possible to mimic the real thing, I took a piece of the cut off when rough shaping the scales and ground it down at a slant and tested to see how thin it could tolerate being and still be rigid, it turns out it was about 1/8, thinner and it would fold.

I used a piece of old ivory for the wedge and pinned her without collars to keep with the tortoise tradition.

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Turned out OK, not my favorite material to work with, it will melt and burn if worked for too long on the sander.

Enjoy

Nice work. I like the gentle curve from top to bottom.

That’s a good lookin’ razor Alfredo.

Alfredo, Beautiful job on those scales. They look magnificent. Perfect fit for that nice blade. Koraat's are great. I am still lusting after a 14.2. May pull the trigger at some point.

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Originally Posted by Steve56

That’s a good lookin’ razor Alfredo.

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Thank you

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Originally Posted by ajkenne

Alfredo, Beautiful job on those scales. They look magnificent. Perfect fit for that nice blade. Koraat's are great. I am still lusting after a 14.2. May pull the trigger at some point.

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Thank you, pull the trigger now.

That is the best patterned Kirinite I have seen!! Really looks like some Torti I cleaned and renewed!. The Pattern is the thing and it is great!
Thank you!
~Geezer

Great looming scales Alfredo. Love the look of them.

Wow, wow, wow Alfredo. It looks fantastic.