Thread: What are you working on?

As I understand, bone and ivory 'move' with changes in humidity and temperature.
With that in mind, sealing one side with CA or the like may not be the best thing?

I suppose if one was to do it, sealing the whole things may be best?

Always seal both sides, or it will cup on you.

@Outback I ordered the Howards restore a shine to add to my collection of stuff. I'll give it a go on the scales when it gets here. Hoping to bring up the polish/shine on these last scales I made.

Lots of nice work going on here guys. Fine work and great jobs as always.

When I used the ca I did both sides to avoid that happening. It did make for a nicer finish and I broke the scales pinning them so I have no idea about the long term.

Working on the font for the Otto etch and I tell ya men, block script that's worn or deformed is impossible to clean up in paint programs no matter the zoom level you work at.
Case in point;

The three upper sets are actual new typed characters in a variety of TTF's, and the white on black is the original image off the actual scales, cleaned up as best I could.
Realizing the total image on the scale will be quite small maybe the sins in the original will not look as bad as I fear, and I am going to run all of them onto actual stock and then let the project manager decide,
They used unique spacing on the rows in the original that also were not easy to match up. For example, the upper row @ a font size of 16- normal character spacing and a lower row of say font size 6 would have the lower row too close to each other compared to the upper so I had to finesse row height as well as character spacing to get them as close as I have.
Anyway, that's what's goin on up here tonight.

Originally Posted by Gasman

I to like to looks of the bone markings.
BTW, the shave this morning with the SSA i restored went well. As always, i think it could be a touch sharper. This is my feeling on all my blades. Guess i need to get that 20k and hope it makes the difference.

Thanks for the comments gents.

High grit hones doesn't always equal a smooth sharp edge, that we all chase.Perhaps it's the hand behind the stone, don't ask how I know...

Originally Posted by Martin103

High grit hones doesn't always equal a smooth sharp edge, that we all chase.Perhaps it's the hand behind the stone, don't ask how I know...

Really! I spend lots of time toning down edges. Never have seen the need for a 20k?
It must be a 6-stroke hone!

Same here Tom, tone down from 16 k shapton to natural usually gain smoothness.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Working on the font for the Otto etch and I tell ya men, block script that's worn or deformed is impossible to clean up in paint programs no matter the zoom level you work at.
Case in point;

The three upper sets are actual new typed characters in a variety of TTF's, and the white on black is the original image off the actual scales, cleaned up as best I could.
Realizing the total image on the scale will be quite small maybe the sins in the original will not look as bad as I fear, and I am going to run all of them onto actual stock and then let the project manager decide,
They used unique spacing on the rows in the original that also were not easy to match up. For example, the upper row @ a font size of 16- normal character spacing and a lower row of say font size 6 would have the lower row too close to each other compared to the upper so I had to finesse row height as well as character spacing to get them as close as I have.
Anyway, that's what's goin on up here tonight.

I think it looks awesome, Mike!
Let's keep in mind that the originals were hot-stamped!
Mostly less than perfect.

Less than perfect is authentic!

So hurry-up and do those so I can persuade Tuzi to make me a set of green ones for my Green Lizard so I can send it to you so you can do the lizard thing on them!

That!

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