Thread: Royal in Cascara (Buckthorn)

Originally Posted by souschefdude

So far I have done Cocobolo and now Cascara. I will continue to use both in the future.
I have however, just received a bunch of acrylic and horn from Masecraft.
BTW, I highly recommend Masecraft for supplies.

Ya, Masecraft is awesome...I ordered some stuff from then awhile ago..great stuff and shipping speed was phenominal.

i found the before picture. It had one of those Bamboo looking scales, which were broken at the wedge end.

Very nice work.

Your photography is also very nice. It is hard to do justice on both a polish blade and a handle at the same time.

Jim

Chef...Dude...beautiful scales and blade! Your standards are waaay high! Jimbo

Did you really just use Tung oil as finish? The scales look nice and shiny.

Yes, 24 hr soak, then 24 dry.
Then 6 coats wiped on, dried and 0000 mesh sanded between coats.
coat of Meguiar's car polish at the end.

I love the look of the scales, they came out fantastic. I really enjoy your posts. Nice razors and scales are coming out of your shop.

That golden wood is beautiful! You did the Royal blade proud.

Originally Posted by souschefdude

Yes, 24 hr soak, then 24 dry.
Then 6 coats wiped on, dried and 0000 mesh sanded between coats.
coat of Meguiar's car polish at the end.

I thought tung oil will leave a satin finish when dried. Your scales look very shiny. I will give tung oil a try sometime.

It's satin until you start with the wipe on coats as described above.