Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by Geezer

Thank you! What diameter is it?? For the stand, it should go about 6." If so...Yes...perfect!! The vertical post and cradle will be an easy job! I dreaded having to design and build a cranked tool to form the rim on a new store bought mirror; could have hammer formed it but..more hours than I wish to spend...
Cheers
~Richard

Yeah, It's about 6'', I think! I will get it off to you next week.

Originally Posted by outback

Still a cool looking wood.
Has a nice tight grain.
Looks strong.

Yeah i like the color actually.

Man you were right this tru-oil takes a minute to dry.

It is drying but i'm on my second coat in a few hours.

This might be a multi day finish.

Originally Posted by Cheferik

Gentlemen, I showed some pics of a puma I wanted to clean up and get ready for a bevel. There was a lot wrong with this thing. I'm happy to say I think It's pretty ( for what it was) you can still see how fubared it was but it shined up nice. I couldn't take off to much like one person said the Pumas are thin.

Nice work!

I like that there are others out there besides me that will leave some history/battle scars instead of some who post and post over and over again with pictures of over buffed blades that Never Looked Like That in the first place!

I said it before and I'll say it again, Nice Work!

Roy

Originally Posted by MW76

Yeah i like the color actually.

Man you were right this tru-oil takes a minute to dry.

It is drying but i'm on my second coat in a few hours.

This might be a multi day finish.

You'll be lucky to get two coats a day. If you do it right, and proper.
Follow the directions to a T.
The more coats, the better.
I like 8-10, or at least 3-4 after it fills the grain.
Its tedious, but well worth the wait.
I can usually get a couple other razors done, while coating, steel wooling, coating, steel wooling,coating, steel....well youll see. [emoji38]

Originally Posted by Cheferik

Gentlemen, I showed some pics of a puma I wanted to clean up and get ready for a bevel. There was a lot wrong with this thing. I'm happy to say I think It's pretty ( for what it was) you can still see how fubared it was but it shined up nice. I couldn't take off to much like one person said the Pumas are thin. Attachment 231331 beforeAttachment 231333Attachment 231334 after

Hmm.. Not too bad!!
Might be able to make a shaver out of it after all[emoji106]

Originally Posted by outback

You'll be lucky to get two coats a day. If you do it right, and proper.
Follow the directions to a T.
The more coats, the better.
I like 8-10, or at least 3-4 after it fills the grain.
Its tedious, but well worth the wait.
I can usually get a couple other razors done, while coating, steel wooling, coating, steel wooling,coating, steel....well youll see. [emoji38]

This will take a few days for sure. I've learned to take my time with finishes. Steel wool in tacky shellac is not fun at all.

Yeah i got bored quick and started working on my next set.. pernambuco.

These were blanks an hour ago.

Originally Posted by MW76

This will take a few days for sure. I've learned to take my time with finishes. Steel wool in tacky shellac is not fun at all.

Yeah i got bored quick and started working on my next set.. pernambuco.

These were blanks an hour ago.

Reminds me of a cross between bloodwood and African padauk.

Finished up my first ebay purchase a boker edelweiss. Took me a while to get started since I was trying to source everything I might need. Cleaned it up without unpinning. Didn't go too nuts, thought I would leave some of the petina. Took out as much rust as I could luckily there wasn't much.
Used some Maas to clean it up and put it on the stones. Norton 1k 4k 8k naniwa 12k. Crox balsa and English bridle strop. Need to shave test it but need to let the beard grow a bit. Sorry for phone pics. Thanks for looking.

Originally Posted by Phil129

Finished up my first ebay purchase a boker edelweiss. Took me a while to get started since I was trying to source everything I might need. Cleaned it up without unpinning. Didn't go too nuts, thought I would leave some of the petina. Took out as much rust as I could luckily there wasn't much.
Used some Maas to clean it up and put it on the stones. Norton 1k 4k 8k naniwa 12k. Crox balsa and English bridle strop. Need to shave test it but need to let the beard grow a bit. Sorry for phone pics. Thanks for looking.

I like!

I hope the shave goes well.

Yes, Phil! Those old Edelweiss Bokers are great! Your's looks a winner.