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.

That razor has a nice shape to it Dave. Do you have time to put in a third pin?

A third one always seems to catch my eye.

Very, very nice, I really like that G10, you've put your own simple and classy stamp on it. Sorry to hear about the saw blade.

yeah, I think this is why people buy scroll saws -- the blades are much cheaper, so, you can blow through them cutting hard stuff like G-10.

Personally, I rough them out with a hand coping saw and then take them to the belt sander..because I don't like wasting an $8 bandsaw blade on every set of scales.

I wish my blades were $8, try $50. Took a few photos of it today in better light.

Nice work Dave! In industry, we ran the saw blade at slow speed to break rather than cut the G-10. Variable speed scroll saw as mentioned above is good choice. A grit blade would be in your best interest if you plan on a series of g-10 scales. One type is linked here:
RemGrit Carbide Grit Edge Bandsaw Blades
~Richard

Good to know about the blade. I run a 14 inch cabinet bandsaw for wood working, single speed. I beleave it is around 3K. I almost got a dual speed so I could cut it down to 1500'ish if I ever wanted to cut metal but did not. I use thin kerf low tension silicon steel blades for wood but this stuff just ate that blade up.

My first mistake was being to lazy to take off the 1/8 fine tooth blade. It all but destroyed it. Wont cut wood but may be good for one or two more passes on G10. I keep a couple of cheap stamped blades for cutting bone/horn. Should have used those. I dont plan on doing a lot of G10 but it may be time to break down and get a scroll saw.

nice work!