Thread: I decided to make a new pair of scales for my old W. Greaves blade for now.

I decided to make a new pair of scales for my old W. Greaves blade for now. A person whom I won't mention was doing some blade regrinds for me a few months ago but told me some family issues arose & that he would not be able to do anymore for awhile or I'd have at least had him polish this blade for me. It is ok for right now but I can take it back apart later & polish it. I have a regular buffer & don't know if it will work with some extra wheels & some greaseless compound but I'm thinking it would work for now until I build me a buffer which is what I would like to do. Roy, cudarunner, sent me his plans quite awhile back. I have then saved in a file. If I remember right, this scale material started out as black but as I got them thinner, they have a transparency to them. You can actually see the blade through them. I used to use Mother's to hand polish new scales but I found that Maas works a lot better & is more glossy even though Mother's does do a good job.

Those came out very well. the shape is really nice. I like the minimum polished gleam of them.
Are they horn?
~Richard

Yes Richard, they are horn. Thank you for your compliments always!

They turned out well Steve.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

They turned out well Steve.

Thank you Jamie!

Looks great! The old blade looks swell as-is, IMO.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Looks great! The old blade looks swell as-is, IMO.

Thanks Tom. I was thinking the same. They really don't have to be polished just because they are in new scales.

very nice !! i love the shape of those scales ( and the blade but we already know that .lol ) something a bit straighter like your scales is what i was thinking on the Greaves stubtail i have the poll going on ...
the combo you have is great !!

Originally Posted by gooser

very nice !! i love the shape of those scales ( and the blade but we already know that .lol ) something a bit straighter like your scales is what i was thinking on the Greaves stubtail i have the poll going on ...
the combo you have is great !!

Thanks my Greaves friend! I have some more already started a few months ago but haven't finished. I actually started on these months ago but they were on a different blade. I only had 1500 my highest grit sandpaper then but now I have 2000, 2500 & 3000 grit so I sanded them more & polished them. I have a Thomas Turner Everlasting blade similar but the Greaves looked a lot better in them so I went with 'em.

Real nice work on that Grievous blade Steve.
I like the spine notch half way up, adds a nice line break visually.
Nice choice of material and wedge shape for that blade.
GJ bro.