morley clover restore

i didnt nothing more to this than some light sanding, dont actually remember what i started with, and some rubbing compound and so forth, the scales are made from another tree i cut a few years ago, while trying to thin out a brushy bank behind my house, the wood was very dense, similar to locust, which most of you from my region will attest to, stuff is hard as a rock when you put a chain saw to it, i asked the locale ag agent what it was, and he couldnt figure it out also, so swmbo, and i have taken to calling it devil bush, due to the way it grows, but it looks good as a set of scales, the finish is poly, rubbed in similar to what glen did some time back, the pins and washers are brass, the wedge is black walnut.

Nice grain in that wood. Nice job.

to be honest, i truely wish i knew what the wood was, but alas, i have some more of it, with about 2 more razors being done in that same wood, hopefully in about 2 weeks i will be ordering some exotic woods, then the fun truely begins, lolol

Is there a woodcraft near you? they have a selection of exotics 1/8" x 3x 18. For about 10-15$. can get about 6 sets of scales out of it.

dont i wish, i live in the middle of nowhere, i dont even think there is a woodcraft within a 100 mile radius of my house.

an update to the devil wood, after asking my father in law, he informed me that the tree is what is known as a ornamental mullberry, now i have in the past had to take what he said with a grain of salt, but on this one, he seemed pretty certain. so untill i am told otherwise, i am gonna buy that and go with it, so the wood is mullberry, well that is good for me to know, seeing that i have one set of scales done and another on its way to the vise for sanding.

What part of WV do you live in? The Woodcraft mother store is in Parkersburg.

Bob(former WV loony)

unfortunately bob, i live on the other side of the state, i live in hardy co. a whopping 11 miles from the va line. so you see my problem, now with that said, i have been looking around my area for any local suppliers but to no avail,

I got some very nice 1/8 thick exotic stock from www.rockler.com

You will like it..........:rock:

will have to keep that in mind also, as for now, im am gonna have to finish what i have on hand before i start with another set, elsewise my ADHD will kick in and i wont finish a damn thing

Cool. Vintage and rustic looking!

OK, so now after some searching, i finally have a name to put on the wood that these scales are made from. wait for it, its called nannyberry.
Why does the thought of a straight razor being wedged between 2 pieces of NANNYberry just sound wrong.

Have to agree with ya on that one... goofy name for a wood :p