Thread: Bengall Restoration (my first)

This was all rusty and the scales broken. Using Bill's CD and lots of tips from the forums, I made Corian scales (carbide router bits and saw blades in a jig work great on Corian) with lots of sanding and some buffing. The blade says EXTRA HOLLOW GROUND and I was able to save the etching. I have other pictures I would like to post and am using photobucket IMG as suggested elsewhere, but for the life of me, I can not get any of the images to copy and paste in the "tag" box below because they are too long (I am way not technologically savy). Any ideas on how I can put on photos? because this is driving me nuts!!!

Congratulations and you have done great job. please next time take a little closer picture. it is hard to see.be patient and keep it going we love to see restored blades. it seems like a new life.

let me try again with the pictures

Great Job, that is an amazing job for your first time. Thats better than folks like me after several tries.

Great job. Those scales are very cool

I like those scales.

Wow, you did a great job. It looks better than any of my Bengalls, but I like the rustic look. I might also be a bit lazy.
I have to ask, what is Corian and where would you get it from? There isn't much in the way of scale material available here in Bangkok.

Corian is a plastic material used for countertops and it comes in a thickness just right for scales once you cut it in half with a thin kerf carbide saw blade (held in a jig for safety). The different colors of material in it goes through and through (not just on the top of it) so when you sand it down with finer and finer grades of wet/dry sandpaper and then polish it on a buffing wheel with tripoli, it really shines.

You can buy samples through Coriansamples.com, You should buy the 10 inch X 10 inch pieces which they do not advertise but will show up as a size option when you click on the color material you want to buy and then click on the sizes available for purchase. Here in the States you should just try to talk to a local countertop installer and see if they will give you some scrap pieces from one of their jobs because you do not need much for scales. For example, they might cut out a hole in a Corian countertop for a sink and that waste would be a ton of Corian for scales.

That came out looking really nice, some good solid work put in ...

I have a couple of questions about the Corain, there is a guy on here that used it in the past RMC SS LDO / Chief but he is deployed right now...

How is the weight?? what did you use for a wedge I can't quite make it out, does the razor balance to the tang????

Thanks in advance...

the wedge is more Corian sanded down to wedge shape on a belt sander, it is pretty light weight but really strong it seems, if you tell me how to go about balancing it, I will tell you if it balances to the tang (sorry, I do not really know what that means!)