Great set Mike wonderfully executed!
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Great set Mike wonderfully executed!
All the Trustone has different ratings. Some are easy to turn, some are very, very and I mean very hard to turn. My favourite, the dragonskin that Outback has, is on the easier side. The last bit of Trustone I turned was crazy hard. I did one for Richard (Evnpar) and one for myself.
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Both these I had to touch up my edge at least 5 times while shaping.
You can buy blanks already made and dyed.
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It looks like this.!
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I love that dragonskin! Turns like a bugger, sands like no other! (they all wet sand very nicely)
Finished the scales for Paul's razor last nite.
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Put a coat of CA, inside the scales and sanded flat again, made a lead wedge, and pinned it up with polished ,domed SS washers, and brass rod. Reset the bevel on a Washita, then to a Fast n Fine barber hone, then a slurried Thurigan, diluting to water. 40 passes on leaded linen, 60 on Russian, 80 on C-Mon Shell.
OH MY...!!!
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Scales are finished in Teak oil, Bee's wax & Orange oil.
I'm doming stainless steel washers, then polishing them.
Do them in brass too.
Two different sizes also.
The larger ones require a under washer, so they don't cut into the scales.
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Man those bog oak scales look great! Deep tone and solid shade of midnight. Nice work Mike.
Absolutely gorgeous brushes! I take it then that the differences would be like limestone, marble and granite. I use these as references because I once
worked as a union tile setter and lead stone cutter for a marble shop. I used to make eggs and orbs from the scraps, with a belt sander, not a lathe.
I have an idea, if it works, I'll post pics. Don't expect anything soon though.