First attempt with horn - Wade & Butcher

[Zephyr]

This is my first "real" attempt at horn scales.

I did try to make some a while ago, but with the equipment and knowledge I had at the time I screwed up when trying to thin the blanks to the right thickness.
Thanks to Grant (Baldy) who gave me some tips and links that was very helpful, this time it went much better, I'm very satisfied with the outcome, the best so far me think

I got this Wade & Butcher last week, it was in very good shape and the original plan was to keep the original scales, but they were extremely dry and had a small crack by the pivot pin and broke when unpinning.

Razor is a 7/8 Wade & Butcher w/sway back and barbers notch, still haven't gotten a buffer set up, so it's hand sanded with 800-1200-2000 wet/dry sandpaper, #0000 steelwool and polished with Autosol.

Scales are made of dark horn with bone wedge, brass pins and washers.

Only problem is that the tang is a little twisted, so the blade needs to be guided to prevent it from hitting the scales, I did manage to straighten it a bit by placing it in a vice and use a socket wrench, but not nearly enough.

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After:










Thanks for looking

[eTom]

Well done, Zephyr.
really mirror-finish.

[Tsunami]

Love it!!!!

[bulldog]

Great job, both on the scales and the blade. Can't wait to see the next project. Keep it up.

[Mcbladescar]

Wow Zephyr!
I hope my first attempt with horn goes that well!

Regards,
Mike

[regularjoe]

That is very very nice! Very well done!!

[pixelfixed]

Fantastic,gotta love that smell when working horn

[Str8Raz0r]

Wow. Awesome. You have done an excellent job.
I like the scale shape and the pinning is very tidy.

[Rugbysh9]

Love the look of the bottom of the scalea and the double pin

Great work Rune.