Thread: Frederick Reynolds 5/8 in buckeye burl

This was something of a challenge. Different regions of the wood absorbed the CA differently, yielding one or two areas which look a lot like sanding defects (not visible in this pic), even though I took the scales back down to bare wood twice to try to remedy the issue. I've decided that the wood is just going to do what it wants, and I can live with that. If asked, I'll say it's "rustic." The second big problem was excessive flexibility. This particular sample of buckeye is about as strong as basswood, and the scales had enough flex to cause problems closing the blade. Hence the third pin, which was fun to assemble: two scales, an aluminum tube, two washers inside, four washers outside. The result is nice and rigid.

The blade came to me in standard eBay condition, i.e. busted scales and rusty pivot. It cleaned up nicely without heroic measures. Once I get the thing honed up it should be a nice addition to the rotation.

Looks pretty darn good to me. For spacers on the third pin I have been cutting bits off the plastic tube that holds the ink in a ball point pen.

Bob

Very nice work. Well done!
Ray

Great job on the scales look very nice and tight. Enjoy!