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It was a wostenholm sort of day: ixl and pipe rescale/blade cleanup.

Heespharm

Heespharm

I wish i had the before pics.... maybe thats what I should do from now on... but anyways the ixl is 15/16 at it's thickest and 14/16 at the thinnest... and the pipe was really ugly in slimming down the scale I uncovered a really cool blood vein... That's what I love about horn random natural beauty.. I was glad to save them both.. but couldnt save the triple stacks on the ixl...




Ixl FBU horn, micarta ivory wedge, brass hardware:








Pipe: 6/8th horn, micarta ivory wedge, nickel silver hardware






IMG_0590 by Heespharm, on Flickr
 
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Heespharm

Heespharm

pmaster said:
Awesome job! That was a productive day!
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Yup I finished the pipe and was gonna just cut out the scale to the ixl... Which lead to rough sanding... Then to rounding corners... Then I decided to make the wedge before it got too late to use power tools... Next thing I know I'm pinning and buffing!
 
Heespharm

Heespharm

daflorc said:
Looks like you've been doing this for years. Great job!
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Thanks I've restored large format cameras (which I've almost all sold off) for years... It involves a lot of making your own parts... I've transferred three very important axioms over to razor making...

1. Always use the correct tool ..
2. Measure twice cut once
3. PATIENCE: cut it out the correct way the first time..

I still struggle a lot with wedges... That's a work in progress
 
daflorc

daflorc

Heespharm said:
Thanks I've restored large format cameras...
I still struggle a lot with wedges... That's a work in progress
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I guess that also explains the great pictures, lol.

I glue one side of the wedge on, then use that scale as a handle and hold it on a table top belt sander to get the right thickness/angle. Then I glue on the other scale, and use the belt sander to shape the wedge to the scales. Then hand sand and buff.
 
Heespharm

Heespharm

daflorc said:
I guess that also explains the great pictures, lol.

I glue one side of the wedge on, then use that scale as a handle and hold it on a table top belt sander to get the right thickness/angle. Then I glue on the other scale, and use the belt sander to shape the wedge to the scales. Then hand sand and buff.
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What happens when you grind off too much?... What glue do you use?

The way I do it now is cut off a 3"x1" piece of stock the grind the whole thing into a wedge... Test fit then cut off the middle section of the big long wedge I'm going to use
 
pmaster

pmaster

Talking about wedges... I glued mine the other way around last night. I guess I should stop after a certain hour!

To get them tapered I usually rougly cut them to the right side, and them stick them to my finger so I can hold them and sand them that way.

Heespharm said:
What happens when you grind off too much?... What glue do you use?

The way I do it now is cut off a 3"x1" piece of stock the grind the whole thing into a wedge... Test fit then cut off the middle section of the big long wedge I'm going to use
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TheIronMantis

Heespharm said:
Yup I finished the pipe and was gonna just cut out the scale to the ixl... Which lead to rough sanding... Then to rounding corners... Then I decided to make the wedge before it got too late to use power tools... Next thing I know I'm pinning and buffing!
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I know how that goes. Sometimes when you get started you lose track of time, and next thing you know you are pinning that blade in. From where do you get your horn material?
 
Heespharm

Heespharm

pmaster said:
Talking about wedges... I glued mine the other way around last night. I guess I should stop after a certain hour!

To get them tapered I usually rougly cut them to the right side, and them stick them to my finger so I can hold them and sand them that way.
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I used to to do them that way but never could get it right or even.. Either top to bottom or left to right there would always be a gap
 
daflorc

daflorc

Heespharm said:
What happens when you grind off too much?... What glue do you use?
The way I do it now is cut off a 3"x1" piece of stock the grind the whole thing into a wedge... Test fit then cut off the middle section of the big long wedge I'm going to use
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1. regular superglue
2. I grab a piece of horn or ivory or whatever that is the wedge material, make sure its slightly bigger than the area of the scales that it will fit into, make sure one sides flat, buff that side, then position it so its the inside of the wedge. Holding that wedge glued to a scale and running it on a belt sander saves my fingers from the belt when trying to sand the "wedge" into the wedge. Doing wedges takes practice no matter what.
3. If you mean when I grind a wedge too thin - I use a Gold Dollar razor and I scrape the wedge off the scale and make a new wedge.
Gold Dollars are valuable for lot's of things - namely cutting tape, separating scales, prying off glued wedges, etc. :lol:
 
Heespharm

Heespharm

daflorc said:
1. regular superglue
2. I grab a piece of horn or ivory or whatever that is the wedge material, make sure its slightly bigger than the area of the scales that it will fit into, make sure one sides flat, buff that side, then position it so its the inside of the wedge. Holding that wedge glued to a scale and running it on a belt sander saves my fingers from the belt when trying to sand the "wedge" into the wedge. Doing wedges takes practice no matter what.
3. If you mean when I grind a wedge too thin - I use a Gold Dollar razor and I scrape the wedge off the scale and make a new wedge.
Gold Dollars are valuable for lot's of things - namely cutting tape, separating scales, prying off glued wedges, etc. :lol:
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Haha I use a chipped gold dollar for the same thing
 
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