Evening gentlemen. Just having a 'pot still' whiskey and a smoke after puttering in the shop some today.
Working on another weekend kit for a pair of George Wostenholm IXL's in one piece sapelle scales that I put together last year when I was just starting to experiment making one piece scales.
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I chose Mahogany as the stock for this one as it matched the sapelle grain and colour quite closely and will also go well with the leather I selected.
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Rough milled my razor cradles, and decided to make the entire assembly out of mahogany, and tweak my design a little bit from the first one. I turned the ends as one piece and then cut that down the middle for a nicer radius for the leather at either end on the finished strop. I also turned a more traditional handle shape for the tensioner.
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I have the cradles completed now, depth wise and the ends all ready for threading and assembly. Then still need to build the balsa cover and apply the finish, and the finishing touches.
Building this one, and another for a fellow member simultaneously out of the same stock. Awaiting some scans of the razors destined for the other one before I get to far on it, so I figured I'd work out some more kinks to the design on this set. I'm liking the wood grain of this mahogany, even though it's a bit fluffy to work with. Almost killed my saw blade it packed up so quick, and the turning was a bitey experience that had me resharpening my gouges to get the job done properly.
Not complaining, just appreciating the different 'flesh' each wood provides. Once sanded, the wood really showed it's almost luminous face grain.
Cheers gents, need another couple fingers of hooch.
:chapeau