good job!!
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good job!!
Very nice! I don't know what condition the blade was in before you started but it looks good as new now. Great attention to detail.
Looks great the way it is----I do quite a bit of woodworking and usually prefer a low-sheen or satin/hand-rubbed look to the finish myself. It just has a more natural look. I'd leave it as is if it were mine!
First attempt or not, that's nice work!
Yeah I decided not to put urethane on the scales for that reason. Oh well, live and learn I guess. I buffed the scales with some polish and they look better. I'm working on a few more scales at the moment and the epoxy resin took very well, so I will not have to sand them down at all.
Wow, awesome job, Mike. You should be proud of yourself, man. Good job on peening the pins.
If you do another chopper, have you thought about replicating the bullseye washers the old W&Bs and Elliots had?
Chris L
It's about 15 years too late to say something like this, but just to be different...
Your restore job sucks. Not!
If you think you're going to do more than a few traditional bullseye restos, THIS GUY
sells single piece bullseye washers in different sizes. He turns them on a jewelers mini metal lathe. I bought some different sizes from him about six months ago and haven't used them yet. They look very nice and better/more authentic than stacked washers IMO.
Chris L