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The bad thing about that stuff is that it can peel easily. As long as your not banging it around should hold up well though. I used it on the bottom of a pair of leather turnshoes to give it some...

Been working on a small loom strop. Cleaned up the hardware and the handle is drying right now. The leather needed to be replaced so I used some thin 1mm calfskin that I had. Wasn't sure if the...

Cerrobend is nice stuff. I've been using it for my wedges for awhile now. Melts at a lot lower temperature than lead (about 170 degrees) and I think it shines up brighter than lead too. I...

Haven't done much work on any razors for awhile since all my tools are at my brothers and didn't feel like traveling back and forth in the cold so had to find something else that I could do sitting...

That teak reminds me of some old bog oak. I have to remember your stain recipe. That would work well on an old chest I have that needs some work.

That is going to look nice once done. I like the look of alot of burls undyed and unfinished. Just sanded to high grit and buffed.

Here is a set that I tried to use layers of poly to build up the coats to match the onlays. Hard to see, but around the bolsters it has a warped, ripple like effect that just didn't look good to me....

If you try and do an inlay you have to remove material to get them to sit into the scales. I have experimented with heating the bolster and melting it into some acrylic, but the melted plastic has to...

Alot of the thumbrings have a raised ledge that the bowstring rests on so it doesn't rest on the finger itself. You lock your thumb with your index finger to make it easier to pull the string back...

Very nice. I'm usually not a fan of Bocote wood, but that piece looks really nice. It is one of a few woods that I have a hard time finding pieces that I like.

This is what I use to make the wedges till I can decide on if I want to make a mold. I was thinking of milling a block of wood to form a general pattern, but this stuff seems to cool really fast. I...

I've been making alot of wedges from cerrobend since I got it. I don't have a mold. I just press it between two steel plates that are spread apart at one end when its melted and cut and file to...

Decided to try my hand at doing an inlay again and I can say that it actually went really well for once. The letters were smooth and well shaped. Well that was until I lost the inlay. Spent 3 days...

Good idea. Didn't think of that. Reminds me of how inlays are done on rifles.

I was thinking of using it to cast logos and other stuff for inlays. I was also thinking that it could actually be used to fill an inlay since it doesn't get all that hot to scorch the wood. The only...

The design that I was thinking of using was the one Geezer mentioned, but I needed a few more things to make it work so I just went with what I had since I was impatient. I find myself having to...

Got my Cerrobend in the mail, but I needed a mold to form a wedge. Was going to go with the mold design mentioned on here, but I was impatient to wait to I got all the stuff needed so I had to...

I like the look of those scales and I think they would even look good with the outside having the hammered look of the inside.

Can't wait to see what you do with that Lignum and Coco.

No they originally had a guard on them like some of the other safety razors. When I did a search for it almost all the photos I've seen were missing the guard. I am thinking they were probably just...

Got my Little Guard in the mail and figured I would give it an initial cleaning to see what I am working with. I am quite excited about this one because I have been wanting a shorty for awhile now...

I agree with the above. I usually start with some mothers polish to see what I have to work with. Sometimes I will start with 1k if it looks like mothers won't do much. If I have to I will go lower...

Very nice. Whoever did the regrind did a great job. They deserve a thanks for that job.

To think I thought I had too much stuff lying around waiting for me to get to it.

These razors have been sitting around for awhile now waiting for me to stop being lazy. Well finally decided to make some scales. The razors are a Geneva, Wapi and a Haddon. The Wapi I am looking...