Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Now, now, if you remember I sent you the links to the washers you would need and I advised to practice on some Popsicle sticks before you launched in full bore. I also sent you some wooden scale material to try and sent you some links to see how others did it with hand tools. I don't recall ever saying not to make scales, just to go slow as I hate to see materials wasted.

But then again I smoked dope back in the day so maybe my memory is off

Please keep up posted with your progress

And thank you for the links and the scales blanks and advice. But you also have to remember that I am a teenager trapped in an oldsters body. That means the only quick thing about me any more is my brain. And you know most teenagers don't follow advice. I'm as curious as everyone else to see how it turns out.

I used paint stir sticks.
About the right thickness and the right width.
SUPER easy to sand down to the shape you want.
You can make 2-3 scales in about 10-15 minutes....

I use paint sticks as my inside spacers often during shaping and sanding. Easy to contour and sand to the blade dimensions and easy to replace too.
At the last meet someone had some scales made from bamboo paint stir sticks procured at Home Depot that looked great. Been looking for the same ones at the store ever since.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Now, now, if you remember I sent you the links to the washers you would need

Would you please also send me the links to the washers? I've got various sources of pins and washers, but I'm still in the market for more variety.

Joe

1850 Châtellerault knife :



The same as the one of the left :



Currently :

Originally Posted by Thaeris

1850 Châtellerault knife :

Gotta love a vintage french knife! Complete with wine opener yet! That blade, a nice merlot and some cheese,,, classic evening..nice find, good luck on the restore, looks like its ready for resurrection.
Cheers.

i was lucky to find a couple strop, hone, razor carriers, on the 'bay. They are in good condition and only need a cleaning, an oiling, and new leathers. I am fortunate!

Top one probably from the UK has a Charnley Forest on the slide that is shown upside down, and a leather on the other side
The other one French, has two leather strops, one on each side.
Razors are from my stash.
I love these things!!
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

i was lucky to find a couple strop, hone, razor carriers, on the 'bay. They are in good condition and only need a cleaning, an oiling, and new leathers. I am fortunate!

Top one probably from the UK has a Charnley Forest on the slide that is shown upside down, and a leather on the other side
The other one French, has two leather strops, one on each side.
Razors are from my stash.
I love these things!!
~Richard

Really cool Richards. Congrats!!!!

Tearing down an old 7-day set box and converting to a box for 2 big Sheffields. Trying to find a key, off to the locksmith.
Making balsa spacers, gonna take a while!

Those little keys can be a pita,I deal with them all time with the ships clocks I restore,the mechanisims are simple as they are usually only one tumbler,may have to make a key from scratch.