Thread: Maestro Livi Regrind with Olive Wood Scales

I recently acquired a Maestro Livi regrind with olive wood scales. The olive wood is one piece and is not treated in any way. I was wondering if the olive wood should be treated with linseed oil or something like it. I seems that the raw olive wood might be subject to staining from water or some other shavinig product.
So what do you all think?

I put an orange oil and beeswax mixture on all my wood handles periodically.

Some folks use lemon oil and beeswax, some Renaissance Wax.

Have fun.

Lynn

nets,

I'all think that either boiled linseed oil or tung oil would be a good choice. Pre-synthetic oil based finishes, both paints and varnishes, typically used those oils as primary components. Both of them polymerize, or harden, well and to my way of thinking this is an advantage over some other vegetable oils which may harden slowly, potentially lending some slipperiness to the wood. If you choose a wax, the Lundmark Co. makes a carnauba paste wax in a turpentine carrier. It both smells like serious wax and is the hardest natural wax.

Thanks for the reminder and nudge. I am one of the the lucky winners of the Maestro's SPR special buy razor and just received that gorgeous razor hafted in olive wood scales. So I too need to think about adding some extra protection to the wood holding that serious blade.

much obliged,

Check out Renaissance Wax if you get a chance. It really is the best stuff I've used and it hardens immediately.

I purchased my blade from another member. I just finished polishing it up on my Nakayama hone and may have to give it a whirl this evening! I am generally very impressed with the blade and the craftsmanship: there are always a few things that you look at and say: "I wonder why he missed that." But the real test will come in the shave so we shall see. I'm not sure that I can wait to get any kind of protection for the scales. I think they will survive a couple of shaves.