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Bengall Custom Restore / Crimson-Silver Acrylic
A worked spine Bengall about 6/8 spike point hollow grind fully polished and re-done a New acrylic color "Crimson Trace"
Now I have to tell the whole story on this one, Garden Weasel here at SRP sent this one out, and the original plan was to do the re-scale in Thuya Burl... Well just to show that everything does not always work out as planned, no matter how many sets of scales you have done...:)
The first set of the ridiculously expensive burl snapped like a twig when I checked for flex as I was finishing sanding on the belt sander... So I make another set, this time trying a new brass liner, thin enough that I actually got it to balance out...
So I get to adding coats of finish, and as it is drying I start getting a slight curve...
So I put the scales on a flat board and add another board on top figuring I'll straighten them out gently while I am at work all day, I add a touch of weight, and snap, another set bites the dust... At this time I give up on the idea of the Thuya burl and talk to Nigel ... He decides to let me have some fun, and use a new color... So, in it's third set of scales, the finally finished, Crimson Trace Bengall...
The last pic is the closest to the true colors , and you would be hard pressed to see the blems on the steel in real life, without the macro lens...
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