Thread: Two razors w/ custom inlaid scales

Hello everyone, been a little while since I posted in the custom built forum. I just finished these two razors :



On the left : 4/8 Roger Cutlery with wenge scales and deer bone inlay.



Yes, the inlay is on the "wrong" side. I didn't even notice until I was fitting the blade... Oh well



The blade had a chip that I ground out, and it is closer to a near-wedge style razor now, similar to Rofflers or "sculpting" razors.



The other side, wenge is a nice looking wood



Nice and thin, wouldn't go this thin with anything but durable hardwoods. The wedge is black plastic.



Next up : 6/8 Holley Mfg Co hollow ground in padauk with abalone inlay.



I like these angular kinds of shapes with square point blades.



Padauk is lovely, and the sawdust reminds me of eating Cheetos



The wedge on this one is white plastic.

Thanks for looking, guys! Comments always appreciated

The inlay on the Roger may be on the wrong side but it worked so well for the first picture. (I think you had it planned )

They look great and I realy like the way you carried the angle from the toe and heel of the scales where you normaly would see it into the radius.

Nice work

Originally Posted by pfries

The inlay on the Roger may be on the wrong side but it worked so well for the first picture. (I think you had it planned )

They look great and I realy like the way you carried the angle from the toe and heel of the scales where you normaly would see it into the radius.

Nice work

It really was a mistake I tend to get really bad tunnel vision when I'm doing a couple projects at once. It did work out really well for the pic though

Beautiful! I'd love to know how to do this inlay stuff, I'm still fumbling about trying to get my first pair of scales done, NOTE to anyone trying to get started if you want to get a band saw don't skimp and buy a non-working one and try to get it working yourself. ESPECIALLY if the manufacturer no longer makes the parts for it LOL.
I now have a bandsaw that wanders all over the place and have no idea how to make it work any better. I thought I would be able to split my blanks down the middle but I guess I'm just going to have to sand them down.




Can I ask How long have you been doing this for?

Originally Posted by saitou

Beautiful! I'd love to know how to do this inlay stuff, I'm still fumbling about trying to get my first pair of scales done, NOTE to anyone trying to get started if you want to get a band saw don't skimp and buy a non-working one and try to get it working yourself. ESPECIALLY if the manufacturer no longer makes the parts for it LOL.
I now have a bandsaw that wanders all over the place and have no idea how to make it work any better. I thought I would be able to split my blanks down the middle but I guess I'm just going to have to sand them down.




Can I ask How long have you been doing this for?

Inlay is done just how it looks, you cut a small channel or hollow and fit a very thin piece of material into it. It really is something that requires practice more than anything else. I don't have any experience with bandsaws, so I can't help you there. I use a table saw with a fancy blade to cut my wood into slices for scales. I've been restoring razors for a couple of years now, but I've only been doing custom scales for about a year.