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    Please dont mind my bad english, i´ Rockabillyhelge's Avatar
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    Yes, as an Experiment :-)
    The Blade isnt shiny but dark from the last decades and id like to test if i can get it some kind of Flying Dutchman Look, but as i said, its
    and Experiment and if the scales dont look nice ill rescale it into Horn Scales with the same Design like the Original Ebonite Scales.
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    OK, I finally got her done and all honed up, including the test shave. I was so excited that she held an edge. Required a layer of tape, but shaved great. So the scales are walnut with several unsanded coats of CA. I made some 'flowery' looking 'silvery' collars that are sitting on top of a brass washer, with brass pins. The wedge is deer antler that i had to 'hollow out' and put some lead into it for better balance. Any how.. here she is. Thanks for letting me show 'er.
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    "The needs of the many out way the needs of the few or the one." Only if the 'few' or the 'one' are/is offering themselves (thru freewill) for the sacrifice. And not thru force from the 'many'.

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    Even though I have more pressing jobs to finish, I felt the need to try an asymetrical grind. I am waiting on an ebay kamisori to use as a reference for geometry, so now I have to wait and see if this is ends up as a letter opener or a razor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thisisclog View Post
    Even though I have more pressing jobs to finish, I felt the need to try an asymetrical grind. I am waiting on an ebay kamisori to use as a reference for geometry, so now I have to wait and see if this is ends up as a letter opener or a razor.
    That is a great job of forging!
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    Some may have seen where I had purchased a vintage set of Henckels kitchen knives for my son for last Christmas. Since he was living with me he didn't need a Steel as I have a nice vintage F. Dick that was my uncles.

    Since then he and his girlfriend have decided to give living on their own a go so I bought a new but small steel for him.

    Well he has a birthday coming up so I purchased a F. Dick Steel that needed some work for him.

    Here's the link to the seller's pictures/I think that you will need to scroll down to see them.

    Vintage F Dick Made in Germany Honing Steel Sharpening Rod Wood Handle Large | eBay

    Here's what it looks like now:

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    I allowed the polyurethane to cure for a few days in low room temps then off and on would allow it to cure in the window in the sun to help set it. Boy does it feel nice in hand.

    What the seller called 'light rust' wasn't light at all, however it didn't look like the picture in fact it was kind of black and 'sticky' but I paid it no mind. I did lose the factory grooves in about a 1" long piece 90% toward the tip but after testing it on several knives, it's fine and with care will last him a lifetime.

    I do wonder where he's going to keep it in that small apartment?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimBC View Post
    OK, I finally got her done and all honed up, including the test shave. I was so excited that she held an edge. Required a layer of tape, but shaved great. So the scales are walnut with several unsanded coats of CA. I made some 'flowery' looking 'silvery' collars that are sitting on top of a brass washer, with brass pins. The wedge is deer antler that i had to 'hollow out' and put some lead into it for better balance. Any how.. here she is. Thanks for letting me show 'er.
    Very nice! So you made those flower collars? Hmmmm..... I need a few brass ones for one of my razors. Not having any luck finding a good match...... Again great job on that razor!
    Is it over there or over yonder?

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    Recent work on treatment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Willisf View Post
    Very nice! So you made those flower collars? Hmmmm..... I need a few brass ones for one of my razors. Not having any luck finding a good match...... Again great job on that razor!
    Those collars were little metal 'beads' that I got from hobby lobby. If I can get a picture off this crazy phone I'll show you what it was before I sanded the heck out of it to make them. Probably won't use the again like that since they tend to split open. Shame ..Cool look though.
    "The needs of the many out way the needs of the few or the one." Only if the 'few' or the 'one' are/is offering themselves (thru freewill) for the sacrifice. And not thru force from the 'many'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimBC View Post
    Those collars were little metal 'beads' that I got from hobby lobby. If I can get a picture off this crazy phone I'll show you what it was before I sanded the heck out of it to make them. Probably won't use the again like that since they tend to split open. Shame ..Cool look though.
    Hmmmm.... I don't think we have Hobby Lobby" store here in Canada.... I have a razor that needs just one flower.... And eBay doesn't have the exact match and yours were pretty darn close!
    Is it over there or over yonder?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimBC View Post
    Those collars were little metal 'beads' that I got from hobby lobby. If I can get a picture off this crazy phone I'll show you what it was before I sanded the heck out of it to make them. Probably won't use the again like that since they tend to split open. Shame ..Cool look though.
    Here is the bead that I used. After hand sanding untill half thickness, I gave it a small amount of a dome to sit on top of a dome brass washer that takes most of the stress.
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    "The needs of the many out way the needs of the few or the one." Only if the 'few' or the 'one' are/is offering themselves (thru freewill) for the sacrifice. And not thru force from the 'many'.

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