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I finished restoring this W&B wedges and made a set of stabalized Buckeye burl scales for her.
I made the scales and then soaked them in clear polyeurothane, I let them dry for the rest of the day and then sanded them. I soaked them again in the poly and let dry for 2 days. I then sanded them with high grip paper and polished them. They look amazing in person and not too bad in pictures.
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I would love to see those scales with an 8/8 smiling blade!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mastershake
Me too, to bad I don't have a big chopper to put in them!
What a fantastic result.
I love buckeye burl.
Thankyou for showing us.
Brian
Scales look fabulous. Well done on the restore too.
Stu
Cool wood and great finish. Nice work!
Excellent work. Nice flowing lines on the scales and they almost seem to glow. I've used poly on a lot of different projects from razor scales to furniture making, you won't have to worry about water thats for sure.
I might have to steal your scale design though and use it in the future, it has a regal look to it.
That razor stand is pretty nice too, did you make or purchases it somewhere?
Great looking scales!
now that is some awesome scales on an awesome blade
Those scales are sick....I have another smiling chopper lol
just sayin ;)
still working on honing the 9/8 Wosty you just sent me lol
those wedges are the devil to hone!!
Thanks for the compliment, feel free to use this design any time, I just came up with it sketching for another W&B and decided to keep the design in CorelDraw 15 in case I wanted to use it again. CorelDraw allows you to shrink and stretch the design so I can make the scales fit anything once I have scanned it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by twogun
I made the razor stand just putzing around in the wood shop one day. It's cherry wood.
You aren't kidding, It took for ever to sharpen this one and I have 2 more wedges (not W&B) that I am working on now in my spare time.Quote:
Originally Posted by alb1981
I have a few more pieces of this burl if you want a set for another straight.
so beautiful, I love the look of those scales!! :)
Buckeye burl with poly I'm defo gonna research up on that.
Is poly easy to use? As this'll open a lot of use of wood for me instead of paxolin, g10 mircarta etc.
After a lot of non straight knives I have made, I had a few wood handles shrink or suffer with moisture, even after full garuntee (verbally) off the vendor. So I strafed away to mircarta CF etc.
So now you've given me the encourement To go back to my beloved wood scales.
Thank you
Brian
It's easy as long as you have rubber gloves.
If you get it on you it is hard to get off.
Just keep the wood submerged in the poly for at least a few minutes on the first soak, after it dries fully and you sand it the second soak doesn't require that long.
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Originally Posted by grommit
