Thread: Magnet rescale in Purple HEart

This is the first of three threads showing the practice rescale jobs my son and I did before we rescaled a Hancels Fridor 7/8s spanish piont in Lace wood (yet to be photographed) and the Dorko rescale in Cocabola which was posted a few days ago. You will note that the blades are not perfect w/ either heavy hone wear, heavy pitting or both. They were three straights I picked up w/ scale problems and the most expencive was $12.50 for the Henckles Platinum whice we also did in Lace Wood. This one, a Magnet, cost me $6.50 w/ broken scales. My son and I rescalled it in Purple Heart w/ an epxoy finish. Pins and washers are brass. All we did to the blade was remove tarnish w/ MAAS and buff. Pics again by JrJoeD.

Nice work, you guys are turning in to quite a scale factory.

I love the wood you picked out and the design of the scales,,,looks beefy.

Nice!

A question about the color of the finished product, is that the natural color or did you enhance the ... um, purpleness, if that's a word?

I ask because I just finished a handle for a nice Boker Red Injun* ($5, ebay) in purpleheart and although the wood started out nice and Crayola purple, it finished up (with spar poly) a not unattractive, but not purple, reddish brown.


* The auction title and all of the posted pictures were of a rusted through Wel-Cut and only mentioned in passing, at the end of the description, that they were including the Boker blade in excellent condition.

Originally Posted by shuredgefan

Nice!

A question about the color of the finished product, is that the natural color or did you enhance the ... um, purpleness, if that's a word?

We baked the woodin a low temp over after shaping and sanding. I don't recall the exact temp or time but I got the info from a post on SRP a while ago from someone else that rescaled in Purple Heart. You might find it in a search fioir Purple Heart.

I found it. POsted by Fritz: Did you bake the wood before finishing? I have read that 30 minutes in a 250-275 F oven will intensify the purple color. The wood won't arrive until late this week.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...-my-first.html

Beautiful scales. Great colour & finish.

BTW Purpleheart will colour by oxidation if you can wait a few days after cutting and sanding but seems you have the oven technique mastered....