Thread: Wedge pic and scales

Here is a pic of the wedge I just got and the scales I am going to put on it. I made the scales for something else but I decided to use them for this. The only markings on the blade tang are R. Hibbard Sheffield and it seems to be flat.

Beautiful! What kind of wood is that -- is it snakewood? Great pattern.

That is curly maple. It came from some maple floring that just happened to have some area of curl in it.

I will love to see the after pictures. Beautiful scales.

I found that those scales are too short to use for the wedge. Too bad. I pre drilled the holes in those. I won't do that again. I am going to use black walnut instead. It won't be quite a nice but it will have to do.
It would be a shame to use the curly maple on the wedge anyway. I have found that the rust pits are very deep so it is not going to polish up as well as I hoped. I will jewel the blade to disguise the pits. Mack

What do you mean by "jewel the blade"?

The tang of a Wonderedge is "jeweled" or about as close to it as razors come..

Many bolts on rifles were "Jeweled" with conjoined swirls

Can't wait to see how the blade turn out, should be very nice.
Can you post a pic of the Dremel end brush you use to make those high speed turning circles please.

Do you start near the edge or the spine?

Here is one of my knife done that way (not by be).

Thanks

Where you start is up to you, but I do not want to go all the way to the edge, so I start near the edge to control the line. Here is a pic of the end brushes. They have to be the wire brushes. I use the steel ones. Haven't tried the brass ones but I tried the bristle ones and they don't work.
I simply scrape some of my polishing compound into a small container and add oil for the slury.