D.C. Halsted w/ Yougottaguess wood scales

Here we have a Halsted 7/8 that really needed a good scrubbing up. It was nearly black at the start. Brass spacer and pins. Finish is 8 coats of CA. I ain't gonna say what the scales are..... you tell me....
I still have a bit of polishing to do to the pins and spacer, then it's going up for sale.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../SELL/hal1.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../SELL/hal2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../SELL/hal4.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../SELL/hal5.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../SELL/hal8.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...SELL/hal10.jpg

That is a really , really nice blade and scales. Problem is to try and guess what wood it is, YOU'R GONNA HAVE TO SEND IT TO ME FOR CLOSER INSPECTION...

hmm,

I'll take the first guess then...

Lilac.

Spalted pine, of course!

And LOOK AT that blade...I usually don't get past the scales..
WOW!!!
This blade really sings to ME!!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RobertFontaine

hmm,

I'll take the first guess then...

Lilac.

---

.............ahhh....NOPE :w

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TOB9595

Spalted pine, of course!

---

... ahhh... NOPE :w

This might get interesting....... for me at least.......:y

Next please :D

The wood looks like cypress but i am not good with terrestrial things, my skills lay with the marine environs. What i am wondering is how you clean up the blades so nicely without sanding off the stamp on the tang. I have a M. J. Higgins that needs a similar treatment.:eek:

Bug infested olive wood? Or bug infested sycamore, maple or birch?

No matter what, you always seem to come across some very cool wood. Do you walk through the woods and just pick these up off of the ground, or do you have a cool sawmill nearby?

Kilowattkid

Ok, I scratched my head a bit on this one but I'm perdy durn sure that them thaere be certifiable chip board scales. :D If on the other hand it should turn out that I need my eyes examined and a new eyeglass prescription filled, then please accept my humblest apologies. It wouldn't be the first time I've shot off my keyboard without being sure of the answer...

Uhh... I had to edit my answer, the other possibility that comes to mind is that laminate beam stuff.... not sure of the trade names, but it's used as a replacement for fir joists/beams in construction.

Regards

Kaptain "Double take.... again." Zero

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Ok, I scratched my head a bit on this one but I'm perdy durn sure that them thaere be certifiable chip board scales. :D If on the other hand it should turn out that I need my eyes examined and a new eyeglass prescription filled, then please accept my humblest apologies. It wouldn't be the first time I've shot off my keyboard without being sure of the answer...

Uhh... I had to edit my answer, the other possibility that comes to mind is that laminate beam stuff.... not sure of the trade names, but it's used as a replacement for fir joists/beams in construction.

Regards

Kaptain "Double take.... again." Zero

---

That'd be OSB, and that was my original thought. Then I thought coconut palm, but that's a grass not a wood....

Yup looks like press board. Least that is what we call it here in Jersey. Usually used as a first coat on the exterior to homes, and in I beams.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

Ok, I scratched my head a bit on this one but I'm perdy durn sure that them thaere be certifiable chip board scales. :D If on the other hand it should turn out that I need my eyes examined and a new eyeglass prescription filled, then please accept my humblest apologies. It wouldn't be the first time I've shot off my keyboard without being sure of the answer...

Uhh... I had to edit my answer, the other possibility that comes to mind is that laminate beam stuff.... not sure of the trade names, but it's used as a replacement for fir joists/beams in construction.

Regards

Kaptain "Double take.... again." Zero

---

TAAAAA DAAAAA, yups that would be correct KZ!!!:bow GLULAM. :bowI don't know what got into me to try it..... but me thinks I like it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by denmason

TAAAAA DAAAAA, yups that would be correct KZ!!!:bow GLULAM. :bowI don't know what got into me to try it..... but me thinks I like it.

---

Yee Haw.... does that mean I win the razor?!?!?! :roflmao

Nice work and like that old racing pal of mine said, "Run whatcha brung, ya ain't never gonna git to the finish line moping about wishing you had something else to drive."

Regards

Kaptain "Esoteric could be another name for Glulam" Zero

You sure fooled me I was thinking like Erick, I thought it was some sort of palm or something.

It sure looks great.

Charlie

Damn! I got here too late! I was gonna guess "that fiberboard used to make Ikea furniture."

Good guess...
Even better looking scales. Dennis tryin out ever exotic stuff...

I wonder if jigged bone would be structurally sound for scales. Knives have a liner or thickness for support..

Lookin good...
Sigh!

The razor is nice and all :bow but I can't believe no one has made a sarcastic remark about the creepy eye that is reflected in the blade. It has me concerned and a little frigthened...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by denmason

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...SELL/hal10.jpg

---

Dennis haunts every razor he sells...

How do you get the picture of the man into those blades?

:P

Beautiful razor Dennis, and the scales are wonderful...I never would have thought OSB board could even be polished...
....Hmmm, now my whole universe is clouded... I guess you CAN polish a turd:D

Seriously, I like the razor, absolutely stunning

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by richardhead

Dennis haunts every razor he sells...

---

:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao

I couldn't help it..... when I saw me looking back at me in the viewfinder... I had to click one off. That's the left side of my face reflected reverse in the blade. I laughed and opened my left eye..... does sorta creep me out now that I look at it.:eek::eek::eek:
Looks like those wavy mirrors in a fun house, I've a pug look. My nose IS really much longer. LMAO

Very distinctive.

Looks great!

Oh, man, that is sweet.

Test shave just completed. I'm BBS. Razor was easy to handle and was well behaved and shaved nicely. Just sanitized it and will be posting it in BST soon.