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Finally Finished!!
I'll post more later, but thought ya'll would like to see the finished product.

cheers,

That would be too cool!
You might want to look at Rio Grande for the bench pin set up.
That's where I get a ton of my stuff.

I got the scales finished today. I couldn't wait, so I rough seated the blade into the piviot to check the relative balance. Got fairly close :)
The heft and roll of the blade and scales seems very...

The scales are already have the backing plate on them.:)

I'm leaving the areas between the leaves and berries open to try and help compensate for the weight issues with using a smaller blade....

The backplate is actually the backing of the leaves and berries. I'm leaving this set open to see how well the open scales work for balancing with the blade. :)

The second scale is in the hotbox...

Got some time to play this weekend and thought I'd post a pic up this morning. Hopefully I'll get some time later today or tomorrow and get to the engraving. :)
Santa brought my new beltsander this...

Thanks for all the good words guys, I really apreciate it!
This scale got buffed out and the color dropped in place.
Off it goes to the hot box for several hours to cure out and we're half done. ...

No, I'm not a jeweller. I'm actually a photographer by trade. I've been doing silversmithing for a bit over 10 years. I have normally in the past just done stuff for friends and family, with some...

Thanks Mack! There is *so* much that can be done with scales. As a jeweller, I'm certain that you have your own style that shows through in everything that you create. I can't wait to see what you...

Thought ya'll might like to see some work in progress. These are being made for a good friend of mine. The blade for these scales will be a W&B 5/8 barbers' notch.

the first pic is the line...