Thread: A Wild Find

Very cool! SEE! Everyone has a combo of sorts!

Warms my Heart to see guys working with each other and gifting that helps the other is Outstanding, The kind of friends I like to have and do have, they are far and few between.

Harry, that LV ship bearings is some hard wood, Ironwood, I use it some myself. My neighbor is a wood turner who brings his turning tools to me to sharpen, I may go up and turn a Juniper shaving bowl out, kinda been wanting one, there is some highly figured Juniper around, just haven't found "THE" piece of it yet.

Got this pile to sit together for a photo.

Peter J. Michaels CMon HF, strop, and stone, CMon razors were imported from Germany in the 60's using the C-Mon name bought from Carl Monkhouse. Makes me wonder if Carl's guys went back to Germany?
Excellent stuff!

Here's a Red Imp razor with a Red Imp strop.................

"Lignum Vitae: Wood So Bad-Ass, It's Used to Make Shaft Bearings for Nuclear Submarines (and More)"

This was the second link I found when researching that wood.

When I'm done making the secret project, I wonder if someone will ask if I stabilized it first.

Originally Posted by FAL

Warms my Heart to see guys working with each other and gifting that helps the other is Outstanding, The kind of friends I like to have and do have, they are far and few between.

Harry, that LV ship bearings is some hard wood, Ironwood, I use it some myself. My neighbor is a wood turner who brings his turning tools to me to sharpen, I may go up and turn a Juniper shaving bowl out, kinda been wanting one, there is some highly figured Juniper around, just haven't found "THE" piece of it yet.

I've done a few turnings from very old Lignum Vitae (Which is the real good stuff) and it turns oh so nice....... but only when the tools have a fresh edge. It's so oily it almost lubricates the tools as you turn it. It really is an incredible wood.

Let's see what a 'ship bearing' looks like, Andrew?

These are from the article I mentioned earlier. Gives me some ideers for something I've been kicking around... Must. Make. Time.

Not sure what the top right photo is about, probably just a portion of a normal bearing. The bottom is matching the bearing with the submarine. It was utilized in the first nuclear sub. Which, one of my great uncles definitely worked on, may have helped with building it. Self-taught electrical/radar/nuclear engineer. He loved his stoagie's you guys would have liked him, everyone did!

When I walked into my local exotic wood supplier, and saw these sitting there I almost Sharted me-self. Not cheap but a must have cause I knew I would never see this again for sale locally. As you can see by the pics, I've already made an attempt at spinning one, but my little lathe at home couldn't handle the weight of these. Need to go to Pappy Moss' and use the big lathe for these.


A cool vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbArXPxjFfc

MY pieces.



These are about 5" in diameter and 5 1/2" long, all covered in wax.