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I picked up an old Boker at an antique store a few weeks ago that was in need of some TLC. I bought some Zebrawood to make new scales and I think they're coming along nicely. I think I may stain them a little darker before sealing them up. Here's a pic of the blade and new scales mocked up. I should have my pins and washers later this week, so I might get the re-scale done this weekend. Let me know what you think.
Hope everything turns out good I can't wait to see the finished product
Will do. How's the honing going, Tyler?
Today was not very good honing day. I don't think I stayed on the 1000k very long and I couldn't get a edge so u know how it is on honing I'll hit it in alittle bit again
Looking nice! The only thing I would say is the scales look a might wide.. I would line them up with the old ones to see how much more you need to thin them.
Yeah, not done sanding by a long shot. Zebrawood is a lot denser than I originally thought it would be.
This is strictly personal preference, but I'd make the scales a bit narrower at the pivot end. I just rescaled a WB that someone had scaled with the same width from end to end - just didn't look right, IMO. I really like your zebrawood and the way you have left some evidence of age on the razor.
I started to polish the blade, but then I thought it would look better with some patina. I put some yellow mustard on the blade and let it sit for about 20 minutes, and that darkened it up nicely. I honed the blade last night, and I'm going to test shave it tomorrow. I'll be glad once I can get the scales on. Stropping a blade without scales is a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Now that I look at it in the pics, the scales do look too thick. They don't appear that big in person, but a little more sanding will definitely make them look better. I'll post up the finished pics later this week.
Did ur strip live? Or does it have battle scars
I scratched it a time or two, no real cuts thank goodness. The scratches went away easily enough just from rubbing them with my palm.
Here's some pics of the scales after finishing sanding and applying a first coat of tung oil. I'll put another coat on before I go to bed and do a little polishing tomorrow morning.
Very Nice, it's going to look grand!! I use True Oil for guns, tung oil is basically the same with slightly defferent polimizers.
Keep up the great work.
tinkersd
The scales turned out really nice. Unfortunately, while trying to get all the pins and washers in the right places, I dropped the whole razor and knocked a decent sized chip out of the toe of the razor. Luckily the damage is right at the toe, so it can be honed out, but she'll never be the looker that she was before..... damn shame, too..... easily the smoothest razor I have owned, thus far. I'll post pics of the finished scales and the toe carnage when I get home this afternoon.
Well, here's the final results. I was extremely happy with the scales, so much so that I've started on another set for another razor. As you can see from the second pic, the toe damage from the drop isn't too bad. Just needs some work.