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  1. 10-11-2009, 08:28 PM #1
    BKratchmer
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    Default Wade & Butcher 9/16ths Wedge in American Cherry

    LADIES AND GENTS:

    It has been an eventful week! I recieved my tumbler two weeks ago, and then my computer's motherboard cooked. This weekend I have built my new computer (that's a whole other thread right there...) and now have access to SRP..

    and am proud to announce another completed restoration. This W&B was in fair, but dirty shape. As I am currently hand sanding some rougher blades I dropped it into the tumbler and made it a new set of cherry scales in the shape of the original but damaged blonde horn.

    The scales have been hand-filed to be precisely the same profile, with no dips or rises detectable by the eye or the hand. The finish is 4 layers of polyurethane, which I have hand rubbed to a silky smooth and glasslike finish offering fine quality of depth and warmth.

    The pictures just don't show the way this cherry lights up- it is fine stock, and every angle illuminates new crossgrains. Truly lovely!

    Walnut wedge, brass pins and stacked ss-brass washers. Feedback much desired!

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    Last edited by BKratchmer; 10-11-2009 at 10:20 PM. Reason: Changed my mind on pictures. :)
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  2. 10-11-2009, 09:10 PM #2
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    Nice job!!!!!! I like!
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  3. 10-11-2009, 10:05 PM #3
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    Very well done I would say, Nice work on the peening and wood finish too.

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  4. 10-13-2009, 03:26 AM #4
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    Very nice job, Benjamin! The razor looks great!
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  5. 10-14-2009, 01:21 AM #5
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    Well done ! Nice piece of timber too
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  6. 10-15-2009, 04:44 AM #6
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    Nice and simple, looks great.
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