Thread: What are you working on?

Well I finally got some hours in and got something done on that Klas Tornblom 7 day.
Sanded the African Blackwood down to just under 1/16" thick. Smoothed it to 2000 grit. Waiting on micro-mesh in the mail to take it to 12000 grit and then will oil and renwax.
The Tang taper on these blades is slight so it may be hard to see but they are indeed wedges. I wanted the blades to sit down in so wedges a little thicker.
This design of wedge took WAY longer than anticipated to tinker with to get right, and I never would have dreamed that 7 day sets took so long.. but I am ocd about little details so it takes me a bit longer. Im not fast by any means.
The wedges are ivory.
This is just a mock up of 3 blades. The pins will be simple nickel silver with small washers.
Still need to make the silver name plates for day of week, but Ive never worked with firing silver so that will be interesting. The jeweler in town says he will engrave them.
The blades have some polishing up needed and of course honing needed.
Thanks for checking it out, Ill try to hurry up and post the finished product soon, Im just really slow and work a whole lot.

Looks great MikeT.

Keeping it nice and thin Engine! Oh yeah!

MikeT you have talant , man amazing scales on amazing razors . Eskiltunas are top class razors
You make my day with those pics man

Thank you so much RusenBG! It really means a lot to hear that. The time spent on detail is so long, I ask myself "do I do this for the end product? Or because I like the work? Or because I'm crazy and obsessive compulsive?" Probably all of the above!
Lol
Much appreciated!

Originally Posted by RusenBG

MikeT you have talant , man amazing scales on amazing razors . Eskiltunas are top class razors
You make my day with those pics man

I agree, very nice idea and finich/attention to details. The Wedge ending is a great idea!

Maybe from the love of the work , i know what you are talking abbout . The detail matters .

Thank you Miha! The idea was time consuming and harder to get right than what I'm used to. But it was exciting when it turned out to work.. I also didn't think it would be appreciated, sometimes my ideas are out of touch with acceptable style. I've got creations that turned out very ugly and will not be seen by camera.. Lol

The sets coming together beautifully Mike! Spot on man!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

The sets coming together beautifully Mike! Spot on man!

Thanks Mike! Means a lot.
I've been spending the day learning how to mold silver. Whole different set of skills.. but I didn't just want to cut the name plates out because of detail work on silver, and I think it could come in handy knowing how to make things with silver.