Thread: What are you working on?

Very nice Morley Chugach! mine is quite the shaver, im sure you will be pleased.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Back in 'The Butchered Blade' Thread, somewhere in the 300's I posted the birth of the laser for the use on a Wade Butcher with an ivory covered tang I was restoring with help from Tom and others.

I went back through and found that, such a great project! Even though I had looked at that thread from time to time in small pieces, this time I went through 100 pages or so all at once and it was, well... humbling to say the least. Same is true with this "what are you working on?" thread and several others. You guys have seriously... scary... SKILLS!!

If I like it, I will remove the scales and do a full cleanup/polish. It's a little dirty around the hinge pin where I couldn't reach.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

I went back through and found that, such a great project! You guys have seriously... scary... SKILLS!!

Thanks kindly, that thread, and this one is a goldmine for fixer upper ideas for sure.
Tried a lot of things with blades that were already dead over there,and a fair number came out well for a few rebuilders..I'm happy to be one of em.
That particular WB blade is in the States on vacation actually in one of Trump's swing states I do believe..

Yesssss! It is ready to make Canada GREAT again!

But Tom Canada has never stopped being great!

Tom are you one of the numerous?

Originally Posted by Martin103

Tom are you one of the numerous?

Not the numerous, but the select few!
I HAVE made Canada great(er) with some Shumates sent up, for certain.
A St Louis smiler still resides with me, however! Harrywally has the twin.
Still looking for the elusive Austin, Texas version in good nick.....

Originally Posted by Martin103

Tom are you one of the numerous?

Gentlemen... I apologize in advance but once I stopped chuckling.. I've got to admit Cockrell and Bonner just go together like peanut butter and jelly. It's not that Cockrell and Bonner is anything out of the ordinary. It's just how did two fellows with such names come together like that. Amazing and slightly comical. What is the history on them?

Originally Posted by MikeB52

The gold wash finally dried all the way through on this Blackwood scale so I took some time to sand up the logo with some 1500 grit micromesh.
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A bit more sanding to do to pull the surplus gold out of the surrounding wood grain, but not too bad. The details in the sunburst were really close on the original image so I wasn't sure how the wood would hold up to that much focused laser energy in a small area.
Pretty pleased with the depth of detail around the symbol and script.
Cheers.

Awesome work Mike.
You know what they say,
Build a better mouse trap.....and!!