Thread: JOSH'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT! No looking, Josh

Originally Posted by urleebird

Anybody think I should use the Asian Cinnamon Burl?

No wood on this one. Only black-gray-white horn will do

Nenad

Bill,

Ebony and Asian Cinnamon Burl combo...

My God, that thing is massive and it's beautiful...can't wait to see it finished. Damn fine work Bill!

-Pary

I am definately voting on the Asian Cinnimon Burl. Maybe set it in the middle of Black Horn or Ebony. Kind of like what Vlad did on his latest batch of scales. It really framed up the beautiful wood in the middle.

Great job on the file work Bill. I am betting more people are watching this thread than any other currently.

I found some maple burl I really liked and this is a shot of it. Once it has several coats of CA on it, I think it will look nice. The curled metal is the liners that will support the wood. I use a wood roller to straighten it out before using epoxy to hold everything together.



The gemstones came in today as well. Several hundred dollars worth. The good news is that I'll have plenty left over for other razors. Now I have to decide on diamond, ruby, or a stone called alpinite. It's a nice green... similar to jadite. I love that color. So, what do you say? Red, green, or white? Maybe I should have gotten sapphire too. That way, I could have gone red, white, blue on the tang.

Wewf, those are some juicy scales (to go with a juicy razor ). Can't wait to see how those turn out.

As for the gems. All ruby or ruby & diamond would probably be nice IMO. Put a ruby right in that spot on the toe of the razor and line the tang with diamonds. Crap, I'm practically drooling. I can only imagine how much the diamonds with throw that light once you set them in the steel. Alternating sapphire and diamond would probably look really slick too; especially if you could get some of those nice bright sapphires or pouraiba tourmaline. Now that I think of it, everything goes with diamond

Anyway, lovin' seeing this piece come together bill. Don't keep us in too much suspense

The wood looks very nice! I was thinking R W and B as I was reading your post also. One of the things I was thinking of doing when you make mine is putting birthstones of my wife and I in it. Then as we had kis add them or just have a whole new razor made Just a thought I wanted to put out there. Of course some stones just don't go together well.

Wow Bill! Thats a tough one. I think you should ask Josh. Just say "Hey, Josh you have to choose between Red, Green, and White" without telling him anymore than that....LOL.

Bill,

That wood is absolutely beautiful.... damn....
If I were choosing the gem for myself, I think
green would look the best. If I were Canadian
I would choose red, you know the red maple
leaf on the flag.....


Terry

I was thinking that this blade was going to need a tree stump for a set of scales! I can not wait to see how this razor set's up....

As for the embelishments, see what looks best with the scales. While I am a big fan of green, the red might match best. Or the lighter colors, however those might get drowned out by the hunk of metal that they are strapped to. That is unless you want them to be a mild accent.......

Tough call. I'm not use to haveing jewels on my razors

C utz