Thread: First restore in progress--Dubl Duck Perlduck

I'm going to use red oak for the scale material. I love working in oak, and it should be fun for this project. I'm a little worried about using such an open grained wood though. Maybe I should order a piece of leopard wood or something different instead. Hm.....

I also will mix the color a little darker. I'm pinning with a single wedge pin and both the pivot and wedge pins will be nickel. Dark wood against nickel pins will look nice.

Also, playing around with scale shapes. I thought I had it almost figured out. I was going to go with a traditional pattern, but then I saw some custom scales cut from Sintra over at Whipped Dog. A little different look, but very cool.