Ebony Friodur

Hi,
Well, these were originally to be one piece, but with my tools, combined with my patience, they evolved into two plus a wedge!
The wedge is very dense, & i think is a variety of laurel. It came fom a hedge i removed a few years ago. Although i'm a bit irritated with not knowing exactly what it is, i do like the contrast.
They are pinned with nickel silver, with domed stainless washers
These are my first attempt, but honest opinions would be appreciated. I have definite room for improvement, i know, & many of you here provide serious inspiration!
Thanks!

NICE !!!

Awesome work....

Fit and finnish looks solid and the pinning looks top notch. Nice and tight and great contrast with the wedge and scales.

First time ???? .... This does not look like a first time job at all. VERY well done and very tasteful.

I've been waiting to see some rescales of this blade !

I gotta agree nice, tight, clean, work....

The only suggestion I could add is the wedge pin...
But that might just be my personal preferences butting in there...

Nicely done!

Continue the good work I would say.

Great blade too but a PITA to hone :D

Hey,
Thanks! I'm over the moon with the comments & encouragement!
I decided to omit the wedge pin right from the start. It's glued with quality waterproof pva. The idea was to create clean lines. There's no reason why it couldn't be added. Do you think it affects the balance, in terms of aesthetics?
Cheers guys.

Oh, & Max, I know what you mean. Fitted the scales, honed, stropped & ready to go & i decided to check the scratch pattern again with the loupe & dinged it! Start all over again. Took me two three hours to get back to where i was!

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Originally Posted by ben.mid

I decided to omit the wedge pin right from the start. It's glued with quality waterproof pva. The idea was to create clean lines. There's no reason why it couldn't be added. Do you think it affects the balance, in terms of aesthetics?
Cheers guys

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It looks great... its a personal thing ...

look at it this way MASTRO LIVI dont use em' so its easy to say you don't have to either ;)

and let me add that you could sell that beauty in a day in the classifieds if you ever wanted to ...


PS.. you have a pic of the other side of the pin ?

Thanks mate!
I'm 100% after that. No wedge pin needed for me. I could sell it, but could i get my money back!:D
I've got no pictures at the moment. As you can see, it was fairly gloomy in England today. Took these outside, & it's dark now, so can't do you one till tomorrow. The other side looks exactly the same though. I peened one end of the pin, assembled it, got it tight, filed it to approx 0.5mm proud, then peened it again. Each side it a mirror of the other really.

Earthdawn, just managed these for you.

I love the blade and you did a great job on the scales.:tu

Classy lines, it looks like a dechromed hot rod.

Great work

Charlie

Ben ~ I disagree. Don't think you've left yourself much room for improvement at all. :D

Love it, especially the all over satin look. :tu

Thanks Charlie, I appreciate your words, as i'm very envious of your abilities!

Os, originally i'd done the scales in a high gloss spray acrylic. They got sanded back to bare timber again. I loved the blackness it achieved with the ebony, but it just didn't create the right look!

Anyone else rescaling one of these blades find that whoever scaled them originally bored the pivot out to 2.5mm (3/32")? Had to buy larger diameter bar for a better fit.

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Anyone else rescaling one of these blades find that whoever scaled them originally bored the pivot out to 2.5mm (3/32")? Had to buy larger diameter bar for a better fit.

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I thought it was just the macro lens :D

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Earthdawn, just managed these for you.

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Man those pins look so good. :tu

Did you put spacers between the scales and blade ?

Also I do believe that Maximilian has done a couple as well as Joed

http://straightrazorpalace.com/galle...ish-point.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/galle...r-rescale.html

There are no spacers in there. I had them ready in case i needed the extra room to get the blade to centre, but it went in perfectly. I was surprised as i have no pillar drill, just did it with a handheld.

I saw those. Thanks for the links. Good to see them again. They set a high standard to follow! Neither mention whether they found the pivot hole to be larger though.

Had a couple of shaves with it now. The first since it went into the new scales. The balance is fantastic & it feels perfect. I think i got really lucky at every stage. Ready to tackle the next set now, just need a blade for them!