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The satin is more for looks (cloudiness vs. clearness) so I may just clear coat everything. The stencil idea would be good. Satin finish the scale, throw the stencil on engrave, gold leaf and clear coat all with the same mask.

What I think I will do is when all is said and done, satin finish the lexan and gold leaf it and put it in my rotation (even if I'm not gonna keep it) and use it as much as I can to see how durable the leaf is. If its solid, great, if it isn't well, I'll have to find a solution then!

The blade will take a week or two as I am putting a nice finish on it, so I have time to think/practice.

Originally Posted by khaos

On one hand if I want to sell this at some point I think I want it kinda plain and uniform. On the other hand, if I hang on to it, I will probably sign it! I have special plans for the blade, so... we'll see what happens. If it turns out really well I dunno if I could sell it, but I'm trying to keep myself to 7 razors....

Good luck with that

I know that there are ink's that you could use that are different color. I have seen them on fly rods with the persons name on them. Or maybe have the design printed on some clear plastic and then cut out in thin strips and placed on the scale, then finish with clear epoxy. I know I have seen gold ink.

Originally Posted by joke1176

Good luck with that

I've been good so far. I just got a C.S. Bresnick that I LOVE, so I'm actually having trouble figuring which of my other razors to boot. I think you may see my Jo Rodgers in the Classifieds soon. I might have to raise the limit to 14 (2 rotations) though

There was a very good tutorial a while back where one of the members showed how to embed various materials in the scales-he used turquoise in his, but he specifically mentioned that you could use precious metals. You could prolly do that, just mix the leaf with a good epoxy.

Ok here it is, it was by Icedog.

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