Thread: What are you working on?

Pulled MrZ"s scales from the oil last night, gave um a quick going over with steel wool, a thin top coat of CA over the repair ( epoxy won't polish ) and polished them up.

Just need to fill the stamps with gold leaf paint.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Saved the day from being a somewhat total loss by turning 2 Jos Rodgers silverplate knives with sterling bolsters into 2 fancy snurdlers. Getting near the end on them.
Managed to get some of the hallmarks on the blades.

What is a snurdler? It cannot be what the online dictionaries say, which I am unwilling to reproduce in this post.

Originally Posted by outback

Pulled MrZ"s scales from the oil last night, gave um a quick going over with steel wool, a thin top coat of CA over the repair ( epoxy won't polish ) and polished them up.

Just need to fill the stamps with gold leaf paint.

These look like new. What kind of oil did you use - neatsfoot? F

Originally Posted by DZEC

These look like new. What kind of oil did you use - neatsfoot? F

Yes, I soak them in Neatsfoot oil. Typically for a week, but these weren't that dry, so they only went four days.

I've been surprised at how some of the nastiest scales can be brought back to life, with time and patience.

The transformation is amazing!

I could be wrong here, but i believe what a snurdler is a device to take a pinch of soap out of you tub of soap to put in a bowl to start building lather. Keeps the amount the same and small. Less waste.

Well done, Jerry. A snurdler is indeed for extracting a snurd of soap.
Despite what the urban dictionary says!

Just read the urban dic. I wonder who makes this stuff up some times.
I could use something like that when trying out my samples. No, i just dig in my figernail. Might have to go and see what i can find and make one. Thanks for the idea Tom.

Made a simpler one with a bent tip to squoosh the soap/croap onto the bottom of my shaving cup.
Will do pretty later! Great idea that has worked for me since the oringinal postin you made.
~Richard

I don't know who makes up the definitions in the Urban Dictionary but I bet you have aglets in your possession and didn't know it.