Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by Gasman

Yep, Really like the looks of the Bubinga.
I'm trying a different finishing product on the Carribean Rosewood. Hope it's going to turn out nice. I keep getting bubbles and things in it so tonight, after sanding the flaws out and steal wood to clean it all up I flooded it with the finish with an eye dropper. No bubbles! It's going to take a couple three days to dry but I think it looking like its going to work. This might be my new way to get a clean finish. Was thinking about a heat lamp to help with the drying but I'd hate to overdo it so it will just have to sit on the shelf in my open closet and I'll wait.

Maybe in a few days, I can show them off. Thanks for the help Tuzi and Outback. I'm enjoying doing this. Its just the wait time that drives me nuts!

I too like the bubbinga, it really came to life when the Tru oil went on.

That is an increadible transformation!

Very nice.

Oh yeah! Love the look of those. Nice Mike.

Originally Posted by outback

I too like the bubbinga, it really came to life when the Tru oil went on.

Very nice Mike! You always get such great results!

Started this one Friday evening. Sorry, no before pics, blade was all but clean, just needed the tang stamps, and blade etch blued again, and a bit of polish and a set of scales.

The scales are celluloid, from a junk razor. I filled the original pivot pin holes with sanding dust and CA, from removing some deep scratches in the scales. Then redrilled them to accommodate the blade, and polished them to a high shine. Pinned up with some of ejKemney's collars, that a member sent me (Sharpton), and some silver nickle rod, from another member. (Engine46)









This wwas the first time I've used the new mock up screws, and their the sheeet.!!! They work great with a troubled tang.

This blade hit the backside scale, while closing. So I opened up the pin holes a bit more, so I could shift the scales for a better fit of the blade. I then installed the wedge, new pin and collars, and lightly pinned it. Then installed the blade and thrust bearings with the mock up screws, shifted the scales till the blade was lined up, and tightened the mock up screws so nothing could move, and fully tightened the wedge pin. Then applied Toms taping of the scales, and removed the mock up screw from the pivot hole and slid a pin in, and peened er down.


Works beautifully, swimmingly good, a perfect pinning.!!

Looks Great Mike! That superglue trick really has come into it's own.

Now if Sharptonn will post were to get those cool mock up screws so everyone can have some

Otter/ Gunstock scaled fuller'd Torrey's
As I get older things take a while longer

Here are a couple that I finally completed. To the hones next!

FFFF Pumice hand polish finish, Final rubbing after honing. I like the "luster" of that finish since youth doing furniture repair/Refinishing with my Dad. It improves slowly with skin oils and use!The blades will also get a further evened pumice or emery finish.
Thanks for looking!
~Richard

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
- Oscar Wilde

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Looks Great Mike! That superglue trick really has come into it's own.

Now if Sharptonn will post were to get those cool mock up screws so everyone can have some

Here go, Roy! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Miniature-s...cAAOSwsI9aEd3~

This gent has some cool collars and really nice, thin spacers as well.
Yep. In Romania. Cheap shipping and the stuff comes!
Nice to deal with.

Those razors look awesome, Geezer! Otter? Tell me about that!