First set of scales

This has been a lot of work, but a great learning experience.
I started out with this (yes I bought the handsaw just for this task :))
The slab of wood I believe is Koa (bought from a knife maker)

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After ceveral hours of cursing, sawing and hand sanding, hand sanding, hand sanding, and finally some Shellac this is the final product of my labours.

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The main thing I´m going to do different the second time around is buying som 1\8 inch wood from the U.S. Sadly I don´t think they sell wood like that here in Norway.
Thanks for looking :)

That looks great Nikko!
Seems you could use a more handy saw, but it sure looks like it did the job!
Thanks for posting mate:)

They look really nice.

Being brought up with power tools, digital devices and computer controlled cutting machines, I'm always amazed at hand tooled things like this.

Very nice :)

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Originally Posted by Birnando

That looks great Nikko!
Seems you could use a more handy saw, but it sure looks like it did the job!
Thanks for posting mate:)

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More than anything I think it was the sand paper that got the job done. My arm was useless for quite some time afterwards and I was really sore the next day.
Thanks for piping in :)