First attempt at a resin cast handle

[vattern]

So for a lark I decided to try my hand at casting a handle.
Made a mold of my vintage butterscotch in silicone, and then did two casts for the two tone.
Now just waiting for the knot to arrive from TGN.



Thoughts, opinions flamage ?

 

[thatsilverguy]

What resin(s) did you use? Particularly interested in the clear part.

 

[Mike H]

What brand of resin did you use, and did you use a vacuum pot? That looks fantastic!

 

[Nadir M]

Indeed, that looks great!

 

[vattern]

The resin is Polylite 32032-00 for both parts, the black I just added some Tamiya acrylic paint.
No vacuum chamber , so it does show one or two small bubbles on the bottom.

 

[Kostas_Greece]

It's elegant

 

[FL shaver]

That looks awesome. Very similar to some of the Lucites from decades ago, no?

 

[GDCarrington]

Nice work!

 

[Snargle]

That looks fantastic...can't wait to see it with a knot installed. Good job!

 

[catherix]

Looks fantastic to me!! Can't find a flaw on it in this view. Is that a knot hole at the top? Hard to see. Did you cast that in there or hollow it out afterwards?

 

[vattern]

The photo is definitely the better angle, one micro bubble on the other side.
It was cast with the knot hole, I made a mold from the handle I restored here : http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/359055-My-first-restore.
I'll post some flaw pics when I get home tonight.

 

[vattern]

Some of the laws on the other side :

 

[catherix]

That's really not too bad at all. I would imagine with trial and error that you could easily produce one without such flaws. Either way this one is still very impressive.