J.A Henckels rescale

[Khay]

Hi,

I acquired sometime ago a nice big 8/8 Henckels Friodur blade which came unpinned, with the original plastic scales - which didn't do any justice to that huge scimitar - I mean, this blade dwarves most of my modest collection of a few straights (!).

I managed to get some ash wood and designed a new set of scales - I drew the original ones on paper and then changed them, trying to maintain the correct dimensions, and every now and then I took a few photos, so here's the result :

drawing and glueing the template, cutting - had to manually cut two slices of the wood chunk I had, since I don't have a bandsaw nor mitre saw :





test fitting it all together, wedge is made of bone :





the scales ready to finish before applying the oil :



and the finished straight :

 

[Loric]

Nice work! Thats a beautiful razor. I have a couple of these, and the stock scales are a bit disappointing, especially when attached to such a big high end razor blade.

 

[tomjr]

well done.

 

[Doc226]

Nicely done, I too have the same razor and did a rescale. The originals are crap.

 

[dakotaev]

Very well done. Looks very clean with the light wood.

 

[Khay]

Thanks guys - this was the first time I used stacked washers to pin the razor, but the ones I had looked so tiny on those big scales that I got some M1.6 stainless washers and used them on the pins to make them a little "bigger".

And it's true, amazing how they could make a blade like this could and slap on those scales - but on the other hand it's good, gives me an excuse to make some extra scales

 

[chuckr9]

Very nice work!

 

[WoodfordReserve-Neat]

had to manually cut two slices of the wood chunk I had, since I don't have a bandsaw nor mitre saw :

Wow, now that's skill, IMO!
Looks Very Nice to me. I Like that blade, too. This is going to be a sweet shaver.
Congrats

 

[Khay]

Wow, now that's skill, IMO!
Looks Very Nice to me. I Like that blade, too. This is going to be a sweet shaver.
Congrats

Thank you ! I used one of these wood saws : http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147295

Clamped the wood bit in a vice after marking the cut with a pencil around the piece and slowly sawed those 2 slices - you can see the saw marks in one of the blanks, where my technique wasn't that good

I read those japanese saw blades (I believe it's called a ryoba) are good for this job, but I never tried the style - I'm open to suggestions though - since I can only get wood blanks around 40 mm thick, I'm stuck having to slice them manually for this type of work.

It is a good excuse for buying some kind of new tool though What would be better to do this ? a mitre saw or a band saw ? or something else ?

 

[BigBull]

WOW. Impressive.

 

[WoodfordReserve-Neat]

Thank you ! I used one of these wood saws : http://www.stanleytools.co.uk/product/147295

Clamped the wood bit in a vice after marking the cut with a pencil around the piece and slowly sawed those 2 slices - you can see the saw marks in one of the blanks, where my technique wasn't that good

I read those japanese saw blades (I believe it's called a ryoba) are good for this job, but I never tried the style - I'm open to suggestions though - since I can only get wood blanks around 40 mm thick, I'm stuck having to slice them manually for this type of work.

It is a good excuse for buying some kind of new tool though What would be better to do this ? a mitre saw or a band saw ? or something else ?

I have never made a set of scales. But, I am guessing a band saw and a belt sander are helpful ?
The guys who are proficient at making custom scales can expand on their techniques, I'm sure.
But again, kudos on yours...

 

[Giant Kiwi]

Very nice.
You must have the patience of a saint to hand saw that down.

This guy in Berlin will cut a block down to 3mm for an extra €5 if you find the right size block.
Last time I got some olive wood he threw in some ebony off cuts for nothing.
http://www.edelholzverkauf.de/

 

[Cochese2323]

That is a gorgeous razor. Nice work

 

[fast14riot]

A band saw with a good guide fence is the ideal tool. I have hand cut blanks before, it takes some time but is easy enough to do. My bandsaw is down right now, so I resort to my circular saw. The mitre saw you used is a good choice for this work, the japanese saws typically cut in the opposite direction.


-Xander