Dovo #105 in Turkish Walnut w/ Matching Brush

This is another collaboration between WillN and I on this matched set... :D

Travis/Logistics here at SRP sent the razor and two chunks of this beautiful Turkish Walnut out to me, I immediately sent one out to Will and he turned a beautiful handle out of it... When the handle got back here I made a set of scales for the Dovo out of the other piece, and used a Traditional Tung Oil hand rubbed finish on both, leaving a super high gloss finish...
The Brush was topped off with a 24mm Super Silver Tip knot from The Golden Nib...
The razor was finished up with Nickel Silver pins, and SS stacked washers, with a Black Buffalo Horn wedge...

Many Thanks to WillN once again for another fantastic brush handle...

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That's a sweet looking combo and beautiful wood. Kudos and 2 thumbs up to both of you. I also love the finish on both.

Quite nice!

OMG, that walnut is absolutely wonderul! Too bad that it is not so commonly available, very nice grain. The shape of the scales are a good match for the blade imho, nicely made. How do you make that tung-oil finish? You sand it up to ?grit, and after that you hand rub a few layers of tung oil?

Beautiful collaboration Gentlemen. Stunning set.

My gosh Glen, don't you ever take a day off!!! ???? The rate you crank out these beauties is astounding.

I bow to your greater skills, Master!!

M

Very nice job! Those are very classic. Kudos to you both!

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OMG, that walnut is absolutely wonderul! Too bad that it is not so commonly available, very nice grain. The shape of the scales are a good match for the blade imho, nicely made. How do you make that tung-oil finish? You sand it up to ?grit, and after that you hand rub a few layers of tung oil?

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I sand to 320, wipe down with Mineral Spirits..
I then take a paper plate and pour some Tung Oil on it and match that with Mineral spirits 50/50 Use 600 grit sandpaper and dipping and sanding I apply it to the scales.. I let that dry 24 hours...
I repeat using 800 grit and a 75/25 Tung Oil/Spirits solution let dry another 24 hours...
I repeat again using 800 grit and Tung oil let dry 48 hours...
From here on I use only my fingers to apply the Tung oil which a rub in a coat every 24 hours in between each coat I "sand" with 3M Synthetic steel wool medium grade
Then for the last coats I repeat and sand with the 3M Synthetic steel wool fine grade until I end up with the look I want...

The downside of these finishes is that they take at least 1 full week to do and basically you get a finish that looks like CA but took longer :) The only advantage as I see it is that it gets deeper into the wood and it is rather easy to repair scratches later on...

Thats an art how you do it! Thanks for the insight! :)

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Excellent work once again, Glen! Nice touch with the horn wedge. I believe this marks the first re-scale on SRP done in Turkish Walnut. :hmmm:

I feel an SOTD coming on...

My dear Glen:

That set of razor and brush is a proud combination of quality work. Congratulations, sir. Well done.

Regards,

Obie

Beautiful work guys. Nothing better than a well executed timber rescale.......except the rescale coupled with a matching brush. Love the matching set. Well done, both of you.

Glen,

Is there any limitations to the types of timber that you can use the Tung oil with?


Stu

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Is there any limitations to the types of timber that you can use the Tung oil with?


Stu

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Tough question,, Yes and No given enough time and the proper set up, you could use it on just about anything -BUT- it isn't always the right choice IMHO there are certain looks and textures that I go after, and I pick the finish to best achieve that.... Also woods that are very oily take forever to dry with Tung Oil there are even different Tung Oils and mixes out there... Just like about everything when it comes to this sport there is no hard and fast answer :)

Awesome finish there Glen. I imagine you've done the odd gunstock that way. :)
I find the feel in the hand is distinctly different to synthetic finishes as well. Well worth the time investment IMHO.

Glen,
as always...excellent work.
The wood is beautiful.

Now, that's what I call "beautiful & Effective" collaboration

Glen: Gorgeous scales...Love the pattern :bow

WillN: Nice brush handle:tu

Travis: way to go in making this happen...without your participation, this thing wouldn't have been possible:tu

Great work Glen, the scales look fantastic and I love the combination with the brush.

Superb! :bow

Beautiful :)

Glen, what a beautiful and fine looking set and it is always a pleasure to collaborate with you, I hope we can do many more. The fit and finish and the tung oil finish is just outstanding. You are the master!!

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.

Very nice work Glen. A beautiful set there :)

I love the grain in this wood. It really stands out with the tung oil. Nice one! :)