Thread: Manzaneta scales

Originally Posted by Jonedangerousli

Enough talk about scales, what about your grandpa's razors?

John, you need to do more reading and less typing: story.

You are correct. I should have read more and typed less. Thanks.

I hope you realized I was just joking around, John!

Of course!

As it turns out I just made contact with my great grandfather's son, he's looking to see if there are any straights at their farm More on the other thread...

Do you think a hairline crack will be properly sealed with a hard oil finnish? I'll get some pics up soon, I've just been to busy at work lately to get much done...

Try this: http://www.lg-outdoors.com/proddetail.asp?prod=17426

If it is a hairline crack you can fill it by putting on CA then sanding immediately. The glue and saw dust will make a color matched fill. It is a cool trick for hairline cracks. For bigger cracks a slow setting epoxy mixed with fine sanding dust makes a good fill. Sand on some scrap, save the dust and mix into a stiff paste with the epoxy. An artist pallet knife or automotive feeler gauges make good tools for getting the epoxy to fill the void. You can use vinegar to clean up wet epoxy, acetone (cheap nail polish remover) is an even a better solvent for epoxy. Epoxy can also be colored with dry pigments, or even good quality acrylics such a Golden. It seems a lot of times a crack looks better shaded black or very dark brown, better to accentuate the flaw then try to hide it.

Charlie