Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Shiny !
What did you use to polish them up . I've got some destined for a project too.

Simply sand paper and Mothers mag. The one in the picture still has scratches, but was taken to 3k trizact from 3m. I will take more time with each piece to ensure flatness and scratches will be sanded out completely.

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Bone scales back together with Cattagarus steel. Such a unique grind finally got a decent shot of it.

That came out real nice, Eric.

Thanks Mike, everything gets a bit better each time, that's all a guy can hope for.

I trust the adjustments to the wedge and the thinning of the scales has you in a more even tension on the blade.
Looks good. That shot of the grind is quite nice two. The are almost impossible with an autofocus camera.

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Simply sand paper and Mothers mag. The one in the picture still has scratches, but was taken to 3k trizact from 3m. I will take more time with each piece to ensure flatness and scratches will be sanded out completely.

Be careful to not round the edges as-sanding on them. If you want to combine panels, it may serve you well to wait until all is assembled?

Originally Posted by RezDog

I trust the adjustments to the wedge and the thinning of the scales has you in a more even tension on the blade.
Looks good. That shot of the grind is quite nice two. The are almost impossible with an autofocus camera.

Yes I am betting the wedge corrected more than the thinning. But I feel it looks better with the thinner scales, I think thinner yet would be better but sometimes ya just gotta stop. that's the neatest grind on that razor. Neat theory behind it as well.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Be careful to not round the edges as-sanding on them. If you want to combine panels, it may serve you well to wait until all is assembled?

I was thinking about that, and likely would be smart to wait. I do all my flattening sanding on a piece of granite but not fighting issues later would be nice.

A thought!

Where there is ivory....There is usually ebony.
Let's check those black keys!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

A thought!

Where there is ivory....There is usually ebony.
Let's check those black keys!

Lol great minds and such. Already thought of that I wouldn't know ebony from charcoal but I figured the same, one goes with the other.

Aloha!

Finishing up that Yankee Wedge today for shave tomorrow or Friday. Depends on how the honing goes. Don't expect any issues.

Next up may be my Hibbard-Spencer-Bartlett OVB (Our Very Best). Have these MOP scales laying around and thinking about putting them on, although they are a tad big as they sit. I also have some nice Hawaiian Koa scales (popular native Hawaiian wood that works and finishes well) that I am saving for the Solingen blade I have. We'll see how I feel when I finally get to the project next week. The blade is in decent shape as I have worked on it a bit before removing the black rust and stains. Just need some polishing and honing.