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10-25-2010, 08:54 PM #1senior member
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Two From This Past Week
1. Giraffe bone with bark - horn and SS wedge -W&B 8/8 Barbers Use blade. It was difficult finding and cutting 2 alike straight pieces with bark.
2. Buckeye burl with Crown and Sword blade. Green horn wedge and finished with 6 coats of tung oil then buffed. There were a few voids that had to be filled with epoxy before I cut the scales ergo the gray spots.
Hope you like these...
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10-25-2010, 09:05 PM #2Senior Member
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Beautiful scales. You're producing some very nice stuff!
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10-25-2010, 09:10 PM #3senior member
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Thank You ... I appreciate that!
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10-25-2010, 10:29 PM #4Senior Member
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Love the giraffe scales!! Where by chance do you get blanks of these in 6" length?
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10-25-2010, 10:43 PM #5senior member
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lol .... I cut them from a 20 pound collar bone. I spent the better part of 3 hours cutting the thing up. Originally Posted by Harvitz81
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10-25-2010, 11:01 PM #6
Very nicely done, The Buckeye burl is intriguing!
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10-26-2010, 12:12 AM #7
Very beautiful work. Ou of curiosity, why new scales for the W&B but not buff out the blade?
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10-26-2010, 01:19 AM #8senior member
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I have a few old big blades that are in pretty good condition that I feel have "character". No pitting and very little staining; mostly patina. Once they are buffed out or sanded out, you can't get that patina back. And truthfully, a blade like I just described does not need to be reconditioned. Originally Posted by Alembic
My thought was that the gray of the blade was a good contrast to the white color and texture of the bone. I was hoping some of the guys looking in would give me their opinion. I'm glad you asked.
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10-26-2010, 01:46 AM #9Senior Member
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I like the patina left on. The blade and bone are complementary color patterns, and contrasting just right so as they belong to each other.
Nice jobs!
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10-26-2010, 02:28 PM #10Senior Member
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Nice Job!!!!! I really like the scale materials very unique. I've seen the Buckeye buryl but never the giraffe bone, nicely done
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