Thread: What are you working on?

What do ya mean used to do. My wife lives by her recipe cards. But now days she has put tuem on 5x7 cards. But i think your right on the card holder.

I like that it says to clean your leather with gas, if need be.
Back then you probably could, but with today's ethanol based fuels....!!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I totally dig that abalone stuff. Sweet!
For some reason, it seems to go best with Japanese blades to me.
Hey! It's whatever you like! Like I always say...It's only a pin!


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Tom, I love that Japanese blade in abalone scales. Somehow I have never gotten a Japanese razor-I need to remedy that soon!

Originally Posted by outback

I like that it says to clean your leather with gas, if need be.
Back then you probably could, but with today's ethanol based fuels....!!!

Colman fuel ( White gas) or Naptha is usable= lighter fluid.Used as a dry cleaning agent for years.

Look back for posts by Hidestoart. He was one of the most knowledgeable leather worker that we had.
oil-strop post #8

And, Niel Miller, again a guru of leather still respected and quoted:
oil-strop-2. post 14

JMO,YMMV

~Richard

Hidestoart (Kevin) helped me fix a couple of strops I was going to throw away but became very usable after following his advice. I made some good bench strops with the refurbished leather. Is Hidestoart still active or around I haven't seen him on here at all.

Originally Posted by nipper

Hidestoart (Kevin) helped me fix a couple of strops I was going to throw away but became very usable after following his advice. I made some good bench strops with the refurbished leather. Is Hidestoart still active or around I haven't seen him on here at all.

I talked with him a while back. He was in great shape and spirits. He was on the way to the Caribbean to set up disaster housing. He had to take over the running of the company which he worked for due to a change in the hierarchy there.
That's all I know. He is a very busy man!
~Richard

Was on a coffee break, so I figured I'd share a couple pic's of how things are going with the Reynolds.

I've removed a lot of steel, but if I go further I'm going to start loosing the Sheffield from the tang, and width from the blade. Its been sanded to about half its original bevel width, so I'm just gonna have to live with some pits.

Good part of it is...most of the pitting resides on the back side, for a change.!! I think once finished, most won't be all that visible.







I hope....

A few character lines give just that Mike.
Love that style of blade immensely.

Nice work, as usual buddy.

Hey guys I'm wondering about what the best way to slice scale blanks is.

In the past I've used a bandsaw. I'm just wondering if that is the thinnest kerf and straightest line. I know it may be a dumb question.
I want to minimize wood loss when cutting down blocks, and minimize the amount of sanding after that cut to produce a perfect scale surface.

Any suggestions or can you direct me to a thread that goes over the options pros and cons?

Didn't want to start new thread for possibly a quick answer.. Thanks a million!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

A few character lines give just that Mike.
Love that style of blade immensely.

Nice work, as usual buddy.

Thanks , Mike.

Me too..
All those curves, and a juicy hump.!!
Reminds me of something.....