Thread: What are you working on?

Wonder if I could make scales out of this.

I'll have to fight the dog for it though.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Wonder if I could make scales out of this.

I'll have to fight the dog for it though.

Depending on how thick it is and 'Consistent' that thickness is it might be possible.

I've used beef bones for wedges many times.

Here's a link to some bone----

https://sharprazorpalace.com/worksho...ke-my-leg.html

With the price of bone slabs, I would not bother cutting a dog bone into slabs again. It was a good experiment all the same. Perhaps everyone should try it once.

I tried and found my dog bone wasn't consistent enough so I made wedges out of it. Still got a few small pieces.

See? I KNEW I wasn't the.only one to consider that. Shows you where the mind goes when you're fixated.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Wonder if I could make scales out of this.

Originally Posted by Gasman

I tried and found my dog bone wasn't consistent enough so I made wedges out of it. Still got a few small pieces.

I did the same thing. I could probably get a set of scales out of what I have, but it has not been worth it other than for wedges and such. The big pieces are still sitting there.

And lime Shaun said, you can buy blanks ready to go and not have to deal with making the bone ready. Stinky thing to cut up!

I bought a couple of huge thick t-bones steaks to see what I could get out of them; turns out they were mostly marrow pockets (but the steak was delicious!). So yeah, interesting experiment as Shaun says, but bone blanks aren't too expensive. Austin Kennedy often has some in his online ebay store, as do some other online suppliers. (And you may have enough left over for a couple of wedges).

Got sidetracked from my Fredrick with a repair for my wife. A soapstone vase my deceased mother gave to my wife had an unfortunate encounter with gravity and separated into four pieces. What I didn't know was it was the last gift my mother had given her. CA and epoxy to the rescue. I was going to refill some of the smaller crack areas with CA, but my wife wanted it left as is to retain some of the vases story.



I did get back to the Fredrick and am getting close to pinning. I was going to use just lead for the wedge, but what I had on hand was either too thin or too small, so I tried the lead/brass sandwich again. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point.



There's also an idea I've been mulling over since I got this razor. It has two depressions on the spine at the tip. Not really spine work, but I don't know their source. It's kinda been bugging me. I keep thinking about doing a little file/grind work to turn them into simple scallops. I'm not completely sure how it would look. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by JellyJar

Got sidetracked from my Fredrick with a repair for my wife. A soapstone vase my deceased mother gave to my wife had an unfortunate encounter with gravity and separated into four pieces. What I didn't know was it was the last gift my mother had given her. CA and epoxy to the rescue. I was going to refill some of the smaller crack areas with CA, but my wife wanted it left as is to retain some of the vases story.



I did get back to the Fredrick and am getting close to pinning. I was going to use just lead for the wedge, but what I had on hand was either too thin or too small, so I tried the lead/brass sandwich again. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point.



There's also an idea I've been mulling over since I got this razor. It has two depressions on the spine at the tip. Not really spine work, but I don't know their source. It's kinda been bugging me. I keep thinking about doing a little file/grind work to turn them into simple scallops. I'm not completely sure how it would look. Thoughts?

That's a beautiful vase, JJ-Something about the soft, rubbery texture of soapstone really intrigues me; good save for your wife.

Your FR is really coming along nicely. Love that streaked horn and brass-lined "sandwich" wedge. Getting that technique right involved some trial and error (and a little cussing) to get it right for me. When done well, it really adds class to a razor IMO. As for the scalloped spine, never seen or heard of one on an FR like that. If you're not concerned about keeping it "authentic," how confident are you with a file?