Thread: Something new something old, black G10 and a 1883 frameback

Had this razor sitting around and decided to clean it up. It is the real deal, no fake frameback. The tang is stamped with a lot of stuff. Erik Anton Bcro CSKilstuna Prismedailler Boston USA 1883. My latest supply order arrived and I had a couple sheets of G10 among other things.
This is the first time I have worked G10 and man is this stuff hard. Chewed up my bandsaw blade. I would guess 3 sets of scales from one blade. That is going to get expensive. I had sparks flying off the blade and this is, or was, a good blade. At any rate, I worked it like horn although it does not stink like burning hair and takes heat from the buffer much better than horn. An hour later it was finished and pinned. Not bad for the first time I have touched G10 IMHO. Now I need to hone this blade. Have to replace my bandsaw blade.