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    Default 7/8 W&B Wedge in Padauk

    I've been working on this one for a while and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, though the pinning was a chore as the washers sunk into the scales. I need to tighten the pivot again, though I'm not quite sure how as the washers seem to just sink in and don't tighten. I may have to go to an adjustable pivot.

    The scales are Padauk finished with Tung Oil and a black horn spacer with an ever-so-slight wedge shape. The nice W&B Wedge survived a 1/8" chip in the blade to become what you see here.

    As always, thanks to Maxi for the shop days, guidance, patience and beer.

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    That looks great! Well done.

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    Another rescued Englishman, well done!!
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    Salutations,

    I am currently working on a restore on a W&B myself. Looks very similar to yours there if I remember correctly. The "Sheffield" part of the stamp isn't complete, like yours. I bought mine at an antique shop with dime sized rust spots on the blade. I can only hope to have it turn out as nice as your straight. I am curious, why the change in scale styles? Is the one you ended with more comfortable for you?

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    I just made a pattern for scales that I liked and would be sort of "beefy" enough for this blade. I had roughed out the scales and was hand-sanding the blade at low grits when I must have run into a pit near the edge, because next thing I knew, I had a rather disconcerting chip in the edge of the blade. Luckily, there was plenty of metal left to make up for the loss of nearly 1/8" of material, so in the end, I probably would have made the scales a touch narrower. As to the style, I just wanted to do something a bit different with this one. I've got a couple where I kept a rounded design, including a Bow Razor that is in progress where I'm going for the classic look with black horn, but I just decided to change it up with this one.

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    I love those padauk scales. Nice job, sir.

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    Very nice and I agree about the Padauk, beautiful wood. Nicely done!!
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    It came out great JD...you should be very proud of this one. I love working with padauk...out of everything, it's neck and neck with Bubinga for my favourite wood to play with.
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    Love the color of those scales and the double pins in the wedge
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    I believe you made the right decision with the scale's, they fit the blade nicely.

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