I picked up 4 GD 66's a while back and honed up one right away to shave ready and I've been shaving with it since. I've also got a GD from Buca that I learned to shave with. I love 'em both but those nasty scales and the ridiculous looking silk screened logo had to go so I grabbed my second GD and got to work.
I made a few sharpie marks and headed to the barn with my black and decker wizard
I didn't really follow the mark at the stabilizer and just did what I could to take most of it off. Here it is after grinding and some time with 220 grit.
Here it is after 320 with a chunk of bone I plan on trying to use. I build guitars and I bought this bone at petco to use for making bone nuts...I figured I'd give it a shot.
I had nothing between 320 and 1000grit laying around so I hit it with 1000 for a while...the original machining marks aren't out of the blade and I'm not sure I care...probably won't go for a full mirror finish. I marked out some rough lines for scales
roughed out a little more at the band saw and spindle sander for some thickness sanding
There's still a ton of work to do on the scales. We'll see if they actually turn out.
I made a few sharpie marks and headed to the barn with my black and decker wizard
I didn't really follow the mark at the stabilizer and just did what I could to take most of it off. Here it is after grinding and some time with 220 grit.
Here it is after 320 with a chunk of bone I plan on trying to use. I build guitars and I bought this bone at petco to use for making bone nuts...I figured I'd give it a shot.
I had nothing between 320 and 1000grit laying around so I hit it with 1000 for a while...the original machining marks aren't out of the blade and I'm not sure I care...probably won't go for a full mirror finish. I marked out some rough lines for scales
roughed out a little more at the band saw and spindle sander for some thickness sanding
There's still a ton of work to do on the scales. We'll see if they actually turn out.