Thread: clover in cocobolo

this is my first set of custom scales. its a 6/8 clover brand that was in terrible shape when i got it. hand sanded the blade through 1200 and took it to the wheels. then i wanted to make the scales accent the slight smile the spine has. its cocobolo with sugar maple wedge and brass pins.all thats left is to hone it up and test shave. let me know what yall think.

I think you did a fine job. Your wedge fit looks good, and the curves of the scales look smooth. Nice work.

thanks. the wedge is what gave me the most problems. as a wood turner, smooth curves come fairly natural to me i guess. im just glad my pinning job came out nice and tight.(my last few practices have proven, well, harder than i thought it would be )

I will second the good job! Scales look sleek and the pins came out fine. Old razor blade and new life, hard to beat. Enjoy!

Excellent restore. Very nice job on both the blade and the scales. Well done.

Stu

Beautiful job. Shape of the scales accents the blade nicely, and the blade looks nice and stout. I hear you on the wedges, that my weakness too. metal work and shaping the scales comes easy to me, but the darn wedges which should be simple give me the most trouble. Great job and let us know how it shaves after honing.

Good job, pat yourself on the back, well done.

Jamie.

Great job! I love my W.H. Morley blade. What did you use to cut the wood? I am wanting to do this myself some day soon. I don't have any power tools right now so I want to know what I need to do something like this. Thanks!

I used a band saw to cut and bookmatch a 3/8"x2"x6" piece of cocobolo. Then i double stick them together to cut, then shape on a belt sander. You could cut the stock with a hand saw and then rough them with a coping saw. Then lots and lots of sanding by hand. I've used a granite tile you can get from "The Big Orange" store for about $3.50, and some course sand paper to surface and flatten bridges for acoustic guitars, so im sure it should work for scales too.

Congrats to you on getting the blade as good as you did. Sometimes it blows me away to see how much someone can bring back a blade. I love the sugar maple and coco I am probably the biggest sucker on earth for razors in wood scales. I am having a custom built for me by a member on here similar to the 8/8 french point in ebony that was posted here not too long ago. I CANNOT WAIT nice work!