Thread: What are you working on?

Ya, I find being forgotten on the roadside at times is not always a bad thing.....

Gives me time to think!

I also have two hammers. One with a broad domed head that works great for collared pins as is make for a low dome, the other is a modified tiny ball peen hammer with a high small dome that is great for collarless pinning. Also the more polish there is on the hammer and the anvil the more shiny the pin.

Seems everyone uses the ball side but me. My hammer IS tiny, though!

Yep, I polished both of these hammers and they work great. I usually start off with the broader one then go around the edges with the narrow one. The narrow one can stay away from the scales material and focus in on the pin easier. I always choke up on the handle, sort of put my pointer finger right behind the head and just lightly tap tap tap. Still, this made me nervous because it was my first go at collarless with ivory. It's so dang thin! But all went well all the way around, blade centers and everything looks ok.

It came out great. It's nice to get a nice blade in a nice set of skins.

Good save Tuzi.
That's a hell of a shine ya got going there, no satin this time, eh.! [emoji56]

Originally Posted by outback

Good save Tuzi.
That's a hell of a shine ya got going there, no satin this time, eh.! [emoji56]

Thanks Mike! Yeah no satin this time, sometimes you gotta switch it up. I'm thinking this blade is an old regrind? And it looked like they had a shiny finish on there under the crud that was there so I figured go with that. The cool thing with the satin is that I could go and apply the satin finish if I wanted to later, don't need to unpin for that. I think I never want to unpin this now that I have it together and didn't crack the ivory. Don't want to push my luck with that!

Some nice clean ups happening gents!

Soo, instead of the gradwell razor I have done some work on. I decided to try to get an old Bengall alittle bit of love. I have just spent time polishing and cleaning the blade. Also tried to give the scales little bit of work. However, im not sure how to get those shining, and to look more "new". I belive its tortsie, atleast thats what I have been told.

Would it be a good option to sand them a bit? What can I do after that? They have seen some neastfoot oil but that didnt do much.

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They look like dyed horn in the picture. Tortoise is typically very thin and mostly flat, not unlike how ivory scales are done. Dyed horn can be sanded and polished up quite nicely, I usually start with soaking them in neatsfoot oil. Then sand them lightly starting with 1000 and they often look great and old with a satin finish from 0000 steel wool.