Frederick Reynolds in Amboyna Burl

This was a fun project, the razor came to me fresh off a re-grind, I got to polish that out to a nice satin, and add the new scales...
Greg sent out a nicely figured piece of Amboyna Burl to use, I went with a MOP silvery wedge to tie in the all Silver and SS hardware...

The inner bearing washers are Brass and I sleeved the pivot hole with Brass also.. the center spacer in also Silver..

The Burl has a high gloss CA finish, that just brought out the figuring way better than I ever hoped for

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Nice work!

Stunning! Love those scales, great work Glen. Very elegant razor, someone is going to be very happy.

Your stuff is amazing! Other than some colour choices on very few previous razors, I don't think I've seen one I don't like.

That is an incredible finish on a sweet set of scales! I could really use some CA lessons ...
What is that you used for the spacer? looks to have some design?

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Originally Posted by epd

What is that you used for the spacer? looks to have some design?

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It is MOP acrylic that Phil over at Masecraft sent me as a sample I used it on edge instead on the flat like it was designed and I got a different look out of it..

Sorry, I mean't the spacer washers... They look like tiny gears or caps?

Nice looking piece G man. That burl is cool!

Lovely work Glen, good looking scales nice little inner detail with the middle pin as well.

Jamie

Dude ! Just realised if I ever get back into rifles you're building me one. :D
That's a whole bunch of precision. :tu

Nice work G thats some good looking wood!

Side note re. rifles Oz - have just started watching 'American Guns' - I cannot believe how much people in the USA spend on guns! 10k, 20k, 30k - makes all this razor business seem like a bargain ;)

Oz I just started a new Custom Rifle for myself, I actually just built another bench in the workshop dedicated for Gunwork its been almost 5 years now since I have worked on them.. Will send ya some pics as the rifle starts coming together

Plans are for a rifle setup for hunting here in the Inland NW, for much shorter distances then I used to build them for in Colorado figuring a max range of 400 yds optimized for 150-250 yds, Thinking .338 caliber but NOT a shoulder buster leaning toward a .338 Federal will keep ya informed as the plans solidify...

Nice work there Glen. Always like the burls :)

Excellent work, Glen.

I love not only that wood but the wedge and center pin. :D

Thats awesome, looks great man! I was just wondering, at what point does the steps to polish a blade to a satin finish and mirror finish diverge? Like what do you do differently to get it to a satin finish?

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Will send ya some pics as the rifle starts coming together

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Thanx Glen . Interested to see what loads you'd use too. I'm so out of touch I didn't know the .338 Fed even existed.

Glen, the Burl came up a real treat. Beautiful work again on this restore.

Stu

Very Nice work. I like the wood a lot.

Nice work Glen, this is a great looking razor. :)

Best Regards Kenny