Thread: Irish point restoration project. Ideas welcomed.

Finished her off tonight after a weeks play time. It is a whole bunch of firsts for me culminating in an acceptable result. Still have to restore the edge, but that will be tomorrow. Too late to start into that tonight sadly.



I used the handle from a blackthorn shillelagh for my scales, mounted to brass inlays. Chose the celtic triquetra for the Irish accent and a strip of white metal for the wedge as a contrasting metal.
I used an ebony stain and CA to keep a traditional shillelagh shade to her and wanted her to look her age, just new as well, so tried to weather the wood as I finished.
I used a paint brush stir stick and sanded it down to profile the closed blade and create the required compound curve to bond the brass to the inside surfaces of the blackthorn.
I used heavy duty contact cement as my bond after 2 part epoxy failed on the first attempt.



The combined materials in the handle weight within a gram of the blade itself and the balance feels pretty good.

Anyhow, first wood scales project, first CA finish attempt,and first time restoring a blade this far. I'm going to make a brush handle out of the remaining head of the shillelagh to match the razor in a few days as well.
Avoided a few pitfalls from tips on here so thanks to guys that have posted razor restore videos. I couldn't have created this without you.
Cheers.

Looking Good!

It turned out very nice. The design at the wedge sets it of really well. The lined scales are also a good accent, and an outstanding sanding job as far as I can see. A project to be proud of from the looks of it.