Sharpton doing me a favor by drilling out the pins from a set of ivory scales.
He really knows his stuff.
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Sharpton doing me a favor by drilling out the pins from a set of ivory scales.
He really knows his stuff.
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This is one of my old razors that Sharpton unpinned.
It was in rough shape.
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A beautiful set of Sharptons razors
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.... and more ...
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I see a liberal sprinkling of Tony's there on the biscuits and gravy! :tu
Scott Goodman with a knife he is making
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Scott is a most impressive man.
Glad to be his friend! :)
A better pic of Paco's knife ..
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Rezdog (shaun) and spazola (charlie lewis).
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The epoxy work and bone hilt were nice on that knife!
Crocs or no crocs!
These are the bone scales that shaun made into a pickbone pattern. Then Damon cut them to shape from the bone blank, dyed them and with the help of both sharpton and rolodave mounted a blade and pinned them.
This pic is before the pinning was completed.
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And this is the custom razor that the guys presented to Charlie.
Many thanks to all that made this happen.
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And more pics ...
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and more ..
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... enough for tonite.
I will post some more pics tomorrow
Randy, you are a wonder! Thank you for the pictures and commentary.
And. get better quicker.
~Richard
#9 HSS Split Point Jobber Length Drill Bit, Qualtech | DrillsandCutters.com
https://drillsandcutters.com/9-hss-s...-bit-qualtech/
This is the drill bit Sharpton uses to remove pins. It does not wander off the pin.
He does not file or flatten the top of the pin first and he does not use a center punch. He puts the bit into the drill press then raises the razor pin into the bit. He does not lower the bit into the razor pin.
He takes his time and checks frequently.
Thanks so much Bruno.
Coming from a professional such as yourself, that means a lot to me.
If I had it to do over I think that I would have chosen a different scale material.
What I used was black and blue jean micarta. It's not letting me get a top notch final finish that I'm really happy with.
I am really happy with the 1095 blade and the fit and feel of the knife.
Pete <:-}
FWW
I believe the # size of that drill to be wrong. A #9 is about 0.196 diameter and bigger than 3/16ths.
Here is a chart to find the correct diameters of drill bits for your purpose.
drill-size-chart
I would guess the correct diameters to be #51 or #52 about 1/16th" and a bit larger.
Split points are a great improvement over regular bits for our works.
A screw machine length drill bit has shorter flutes and is less apt to bend while drilling.
~Richard
PS, Listed supplier id a good svender.
Thanks Richard :)
What happened is that Sharpton told us the type of drill bit and mentioned the "jobber" length. So i did a google
search and saved the link with no thought of looking at the size.
Thanks Randy for all the pics. You must have been running around clicking at everything. Its great to see all the guys and projects.
I bought the bits the Richard pointed out. I love them. They work very well for drilling out pins. The right bit and going slow makes it so much easier to drill out. But i still lower the bit to the scales. Not nearly as good as Tom being able to bring the pin the the bit.
Oops ... my second oversight ....
"Set the speed of the drill press as low as possible" is one other requirement that Sharpton has for drilling out the razors pins.
Thanks for mentioning this.
I hope that someone who has actually used these bits posts the info into the "workshop" forum.
Hint, hint ......
A nice brush-handle whipped-up by Rezdog!
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Such great pics. Thanks to all for taking them.
Awesome to put faces to names with some of my closest virtual friends.
The food alone makes it worth the trip next year judging by the pics. Sausage gravy and biscuits. Never had that and I feel warmer just looking at the pictures.
For the record, humbled to have been a part of that build and also for the record, it was very hard not to sneak in a test shave. But I refrained. Virgin steel when it left Ontario.
Turned out super on all counts..
Tom, I imagined you bigger,, and tc smaller,, go figure.......
:chapeau
Mike you have never had sausage gravy and biscuits? I grew up on it. The more sausage the better. Still one of the best breakfast meals i can think of.
Nope, there are many rib sticking meals you guys have shared, seemingly staple dishes that have never made it this far north..
We do have poutine though,,, highly recommended up here!
Hehe.
This picture is pretty creepy. Charlie has the look of just having farted.
A puffing of the chest contest?
Could be conjoined triplets with Paco being the little brother.....
OR the devil sitting on their shoulders.....Sorry, Paco, Shaun, and Charlie!
Looks like trouble! Smartest duo I have ever known! :rofl2:
Make that trio!
I brought Charlie a hat.....We need to see that on his head? :D
The thickness of the web center at the cutting end does not cut as well as the outer flutes. Splitting/thinning the web at the point is equivalent to having a smaller diameter starting bit.
More Texas 2019 meet pics
Jason Jballs
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Pete
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Tim's Pink Forge which matched quite well with Paco's shoes
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