Thread: Don't tell Paco......

....I got his razor done today! I think I need to remake the wedge though. It isn't quite right yet. Black G-10 with toxic green liners and wedge. Stainless pins and stacked washers. I think I need to practice pinning more. It is my first time working with g10 and first lined set of scales. I call it Cosmic Cut. The diminishing circles of the pattern remind me of planets. There are seven of them, but the pictures kind of don't show it very well. I need to take some in my light box.

Wedge and detail of scale pattern. You can see that the blade centers perfectly, but the wedge isn't right. The side isn't flat/straight on the left side of the wedge.

glad i missed this thread then... ........

it looks WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than when i mailed it to ya...

Dang, I got caught! lol. Glad you like it. I'm a little upset still with the wedge, but I don't know if my second attempt would be any better. I really really really need to get a belt sander. It would have made the wedge process a whole heck of a lot easier.

Also to any newer makers out there that are still making spacers rather than wedges, it really does work better to at least try to make a wedge rather than spacers. The outward bow of the scales more than makes it worth it!

so are ya gonna make a new wedge or reshape that one to lose the gap??

See the outward bow?

Originally Posted by paco664

so are ya gonna make a new wedge or reshape that one to lose the gap??

I'm actually looking at that right now. I'm thinking that I will probably reshape this one, as it's already shaped to the scales. It would only take removing less than a millimeter from the pivot side of the back of the wedge and it would work perfectly. I have to sleep on it, and sweat for a bit about depinning it, but I just don't think I can send it to you with it looking like it does. I'm not sending it to without me being happy with it, because I want you excited when you see it. Plus, it just looks amateurish.

Originally Posted by medicevans

I'm actually looking at that right now. I'm thinking that I will probably reshape this one, as it's already shaped to the scales. It would only take removing less than a millimeter from the pivot side of the back of the wedge and it would work perfectly. I have to sleep on it, and sweat for a bit about depinning it, but I just don't think I can send it to you with it looking like it does. I'm not sending it to without me being happy with it, because I want you excited when you see it. Plus, it just looks amateurish.

OCD is a good thing!!!!!

Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

OCD is a good thing!!!!!

Lol. There are several reasons that I am redoing it, honestly.

1. Aforementioned OCD. Lol. Has to be as perfect as I can make it.
2. Refusal to do less than my best work.
3. I want to start making/restoring scales for money, and this is going to be one of my example pieces. It behooves me to make it look as good as possible.
4. Paco/Brian deserves a quality piece. If I know that it's not right, and I send it to him anyway, what does that make me? That's right, it makes me Wal-Mart. Low quality, cheap crap.

+1 on the frustration of getting the wedge just right medicevans.
It is one thing that I have struggled with, too.
Using microfasteners to mock up prior to pinning has helped me get the finish just right.
I'll have to research lined scales - they look great.
I love your work