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06-11-2008, 04:13 AM #3
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Thanked: 8I was just planning on cleaning the blade since it was so rusty when I purchased it and the hidden part of the tang was still rusty. I am also going to use sterling silver for the pins instead of the the standard brass. But the break offers a lot of options like inlays and what not's.
I honestly dont know, this was when I was abroad in japan and well I know a bit but not enough to communicate with the shop owner, he did have some of the much sought after japanese razors, sadly I could not afford them.
Ya thats right I go to college. Yes it would be a casting, I have done this before in many different materials: plaster, resin, rubber, silver...
I am a Theology/Art Major with a focus in sculpture and jewelry/metal smithing (look at grad school for sculpture and metals).
To do it you will first need a piece to take a mold of, so in this case I will use the other side of the scale that did not break. I would use either a rubber(smooth-on has great stuff and a lot of information on their site), then a mother mold of plaster on top of that to make it so that rubber does not move while casting. OR I could go with just a strait plaster mold, but since the scale is porous I will go with a rubber. Before mixing an pouring the rubber, I would seat the scale on some clay to raise it up a little to add basically a sprue. Then I would spray it with a release agent and then pour my rubber. Once the rubber was set I would spray that with a release agent and then pour the plaster mother mold.
There are a few other techniques, but this is easiest for beginners.