Quote Originally Posted by Earthdawn View Post

Did you make your own design or follow the ones that were on there before ?

Congrats to the family effort... well done
I did not use the original scales at all. I didn't like anything about them. I had an old scale I found would keep the blade in the scales when closed and was not too long or too short and traced it onto the wood blank as a general guide for the dimensions (length width and bottom edge. The final contour and the rounding og the outside 'faces' of the scales was all done free hand on a drum sander mounted on a bench grinder. CarrieM wasn't home at the time when I applied canuba (spelling) wax as a finish abd buffed them. I didn't do anything to the blade. It is as received. When needed all I do to the blades is MAAS w/ tooth pick to get the stuborn spots and rust buy the pivot. MAAS and a q-Tip to remove some tarnish and on rare occasions, a light buff. I do not want to change the geometry of the blade unless I am rermoving a frown or chips in the edge. I'll post some others JrJoeD and I restored and you will see some heavy home ware and pitting. They were between $2 and $12.50 blades we practiced our rescalling techniques on. One will be a Geneva w/ Yellow Heart, one Henckles Platinum in Lace Wood and a Magnetic in Purple heart. My shop (little as it may be) is not heated and I don't have any str8s that are crying for a rescale so that may be all we do until spring.

Thank you all for your kind words regarding our work on this project. It was fun and a great way to gain some quality time w/ a teenager.