Quote Originally Posted by kasperitis View Post
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This might sound odd, but how hard would it be for me to take the instructions you put in the first post and pass them along to a woodworker who has little to no knowledge of strops or shaving and have them fab one for me?

My uncle has done some absolutely exquisite woodwork in the past (including a lampshade made of solid wood that actually let light through it was so thin), so I know he'd have the skill to do this. Seeing as I have NO woodworking experience though, I'm asking here before I go talk to him....
I think this is a basic wood working project. I used the handle of my TM hanging strop to trace out the handle in the 3" X 16" oak board then cut it out with a bandsaw. The 6" sander makes nice square corners where the balsa meets the oak. I rate my wood working skills from low to medium. I did it over a period of about 2 weeks. The Poly takes about 1 day to dry between coats. It could be done in a week if you did something every day.

bj