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I've been good so far. I just got a C.S. Bresnick that I LOVE, so I'm actually having trouble figuring which of my other razors to boot. I think you may see my Jo Rodgers in the Classifieds soon. I...

The blade will take a week or two as I am putting a nice finish on it, so I have time to think/practice.

The satin is more for looks (cloudiness vs. clearness) so I may just clear coat everything. The stencil idea would be good. Satin finish the scale, throw the stencil on engrave, gold leaf and clear...

On one hand if I want to sell this at some point I think I want it kinda plain and uniform. On the other hand, if I hang on to it, I will probably sign it! I have special plans for the blade, so......

If we're on the same wavelength mrbhagwan I think I know what you mean by poly. However, the finish needs to be clear, because otherwise the gold leaf will be satin too! That wouldn't be so good...

I'm probably going to stencil it if I can't get it down right. We shall see. I'm not sure if this is the way I really wanna go anyway so....

Yeah, but to prevent the gold leaf from coming off, and to prevent the satin finish from scratching (which would scratch clear, looking ugly...) I'm pretty sure this is not REAL gold. Too cheap....

Here's a "scale" I'm working on for feasibility, and practice with the engraver...

EDIT: I know its rough hewn, it hasn't even been fully cut out (If you look carefully you can see where I scratch...

So I started messing around with a hand held thingy like a dremel, and I have sub gold leaf stuff, this is my preliminary testing stuff. The material is lexan with a satin finish (intentional) with a...