Thread: Custom SatinEdge Project

What an amazing restore. Those scales look like they were made by the manufacturer, but WAY nicer.

I had hoped that the clear and abalone were going to compliment each other, and it appears that you have pulled that together well. The clear seems to give much more depth to the scales that plain abalone. The bolsters look fine in the pictures. There are a few guys that have managed to pull these off very well and it seems we can add your name to the list also. The gold leaf turned out well too.

Beautiful razor. Your combining a clear top over a base reminds me of the lapidary technique use for an opal doublet. Clear optical grade quartz over a very thin piece of high fire opal.

Please post some more info about the water gilding. Intriguing !

Thank you for the kind words man, really look up to you guys. It came out so good I contacted a source about clear colored acrylic and has gotten the gears turning on other scales. I can get the abalone in a multitude of colors and varieties,so am interested to see how this would play with a colored scale. This will probably be my last bit of work till fall, so won't be till then that I get around to playing with that stuff. But still hella fun to play with when the weather sucks.

-Laramie-

Turned-out very nice!

Very cool!

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Please post some more info about the water gilding. Intriguing !

You basically use an oil based size and spray water over it, then lay the gold over and spray more water. when the water dries it leaves a perfect mirror finish. However, these techniques are common for making signs on glass, there's a video on youtube somewhere that demonstrates the idea. Leafing a whole tang is kinda a pipe dream and honestly by the time I was done it would have been easier to just have it electroplated it, and from my research is something that could totally be done at the hobby level.

-Laramie-

Those came out nice. Looks like you got a near perfect fit for those bolsters. You next couple should be a breeze in comparison, can’t wait to see the 3 of them when they’re done.

That looks sooo good! Love the colors and patterns in the abalone and the gold just sets it off even more. You really nailed it.