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This is normal when working with natural materials like wood. The soaking in will only strengthen the scales. Just keep on adding your finish and they will get their fill and in the end you will...

CA is great, but I have grown to really like Minwax Tongue Oil Finish here lately. CA will help to strengthen the wood & give a high sheen if that is what you are after.

Mike is a great HT'r, listen to his advice...guy is a well of knowledge in his field. With your blade being so wedgy...even if it potato chips it will only be at the edge and there will be plenty of...

My wife does her best to keep me away from the Sears tool section...I don't know if I have ever left there empty handed.

How do I feel about honing wedges...I don't want to turn you away from making your razor. I won't hone them for "customers" if that will answer your question. It can take hours to set the bevel on...

When honing a hollow ground razor you remove much less steel than on a wedge. When I receive a wedge to hone, I typically hone with two layers of tape & have had to go to three and even then I am...

When hollowing out the blade, the curve of the smile will be harder to hollow evenly & uniformly. If you are going 100% wedge, then it will not matter.

I like the way your razors look patterned out as I was getting concerned. A smiling blade is a bit more difficult to try and hollow than a straight blade, especially when you are talking about...

Mike is excellent at heat treating, I'm going to be sending him a few chunks of steel here soon myself...