Originally Posted by
Euclid440
I meant to use the Crocus paper dry to sand a satin finish after you polish with the 3M. But your method seems to work pretty well for a bright finish.
Now, if you wanted a satin finish you can sand with the Crocus dry.
You may be on to something, years ago when I was researching the old “Black Polish”, of Hinchcliffe, in the 1700’s, a high bright polish used on Sheffield cutlery.
They were using seal skin leather coated wheels, with squares of leather glued on edge and packed tightly onto large wooden wheels. The wheel was coated with a glue, probably hide glue and rolled in Ferrous Oxide powder, repeated application made a thick coating. The leather heated up and had a bit of give, a judicious application of drops of water, FO powder and pressure produced the lustrous finish, that was so deep, it looked black.
Which you may be reproducing with your seal skinned fingers…
10pups had a great tutorial on making new clear scales for the ducks and fitting the bolsters, step by step, might even be in the wiki. I hav done it once, there is a trick to it and lots of fiddling, the bolsters are super thin. The work is in fitting the bolsters.