Thread: Henckels #74 Custom Restore in Lignum Vitae

This might be my new favorite wood

Lignum Vitae (Argentine)

Species Name: Bulnesia sarmientoi
Species Description: Lignum Vitae (Argentine) is an exotic wood, yet is native to the West Indies and the tropical regions of the Americas. It is a very hard, dense, and heavy wood, with a fine texture. The heartwood color ranges from a dark greenish brown to black. Lignum Vitae is excellent for wood turning, as well as being used for bearings, bushings, some marine applications, and mallet heads. It has an oily to waxy character and takes a high polish.

More info on the woods called Lignum Vitae

I used a Tung Oil finish on this set, For Ryan and it worked just like I had read it would, allow 2-3 times the amount of time to dry.. This set took a good long 72 hours..
I have another set I am going to try a wipe on Poly finish with...
The grain is beautiful and very very tight.
I have only seen one maybe two razors re-scaled using this wood, but I plan on quite a few more after this set...

The blade on this one was polished out quite a bit, but the pitting was pretty deep, so a few scars still remain...
Pins are Nickel Silver and the Washers are the two sizes of SS stacked into a nice beehive dome...
I used a Gold/Green Acrylic wedge to highlight the greenish hue of the wood...


Some before pics:






And the after pics:










I tried to get a close up of the grain here

Great work once again. your right about that grain its beautiful.

That's great Glen!

I love the wood too, it's got a real depth to the grain. Lovely!

Are you ever going to show an ugly razor on here? It seems like each one gets a little better. Once again a great job. I believe I am starting to sound like a broken record when I reply to a thread you start with restorations in it. You do top notch work.

The Wood is amazing. They made Night Sticks out of Lignum Vitae in the early days of police. I have one that my father used as a NYC Cop back in the 50's. The wood is very dense to the point that it does not float.

Gorgeous razor, scales are amazing. How hard were they to cut?

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

The Wood is amazing. They made Night Sticks out of Lignum Vitae in the early days of police. I have one that my father used as a NYC Cop back in the 50's. The wood is very dense to the point that it does not float.

Gorgeous razor, scales are amazing. How hard were they to cut?

Not at all, in fact this wood is tied with Olivewood as being the easiest there is to work with for me anyway, the top honors will come in my eyes after the next couple of sets and different finishes... If the wipe on Poly dries solid in under 24 hours it will be a tough call

Well done, Glenn!
Once again

Wow I really like those scales...Beautiful work as always Glen..

Wow! Stunning grain & the baby bulls eyes are great

Oz man you gotta try this stuff out, even if I have to ship ya some