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Well, my grinder parts are coming, slowly but surely. I don't know if I'll be able to do a hollow ground razor this year or not. I'd say I would do a wedge, but I have to figure out if I can even...

Finally sent this to Glen to be honed. Yeah, that only took 4 months! Now the loooooonnnnngggg (it will feel long no matter how long it really is) wait to get it back and see if I made a razor or a...

Thanks for the kind words guys. I got a 2x42 grinder for Christmas, so I'm just waiting on my gator belts to show up and you will all be seeing more of me!

I had thought about using the oven but determined it definitely was not worth the wife headaches. Also, I wasn't sure how a flammable, off gassing finish would work in a gas stove with the exposed...

Thank you Ken and Charlie. You two are my inspiration. I love some of the stuff you guys have been putting out My wife hates you, because I see something little in a blade of Charlie's I like, or...

Ok, seriously this time, last picture. This one really sums everything up.
Design to fruition. From my head, through my heart and hands, to the steel and wood.
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Yeah Daryl, it took around 9 seconds after posting the pictures to change my avatar. :D

These are the washers. I put a large flat washer on a piece of mahogany, then wacked it with a dremel burr and hammer. It drove the middle down faster than the sides. They have small washers behind...

More pictures.....

No, there. :D Never thought this day would come!!

These aren't great pictures; I have nicer ones on my camera. However, the brand new charger we just bought for the laptop crapped out, so you...

Ps, I didn't go with stacked washers. Not exactly anyway.......

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Teaser shot. Should be complete tonight!

Also, I'm really having a hard time deciding what type of pin/washer setup to use. Leaning towards stacked large and small brass with brass rod, but I'm keeping my options and my mind open....

Yeah, I'm going to have to build a better photo booth, but I'm hoping for some nice pictures. :)

Also, hovercraft pictures are not a thread hijack. I'm always up for hovercraft pics!!

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Last coat. It built up nicely. I will wait until tomorrow night to mess with them [yeah right] again. They should come up great with a buff of scratch-x. Then seal the back and pin! So close...

Does denatured alcohol accomplish the same thing as acetone?

And, what happens with acetone and purpleheart?

I know. It's just hard! :grumpy:

Right now I have them in that little bathroom and the door is shut. My wife made me turn down the thermostat, so I know if I open the door, all that nice built...

The CA and the epoxy both were on test pieces. The epoxy on the ruined back scale and the CA on a couple of scraps.

Bruno, the thick ended up drying, but with patches of opaque. The multiple thin...

Would you sand between coats? I might put the second coat on, sand lightly, then the third coat and see where we're at.

I just checked the scales. I wish I wouldn't have, now I'm going to be thinking about them all day tomorrow. The finish is soaking in, just like the CA did at first. I'm hoping that the wood is just...

Looking forward to seeing those Groovy. They will bite you given a chance!

Last update for about 36 hrs. Getting close to over!! I polished up to the 3600 micromesh. I missed some lower grit...

Well.......got a little more done.

All the oxides are off and it's up to 1000 grit. I am going to polish it up to 2000 then Mother's.
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Picked up a quart of the General Finishes stuff...

I didn't think about a pocket sheath! I was planning on practicing sheath making by doing a low ride/scandi-ish style, a mid/high ride with a forward cant, and a small of the back carry for work. ...

Got the back scale remade. I searched high and low and high and low for my dang carpet tape so I could attach the scales together, but couldn't find it so I used regular double stick tape. It...

Envirotex or something spelled similarly. I've used it before on curly maple and it worked well. Tim, you and I are going to have to talk about your steam punk scales......