No I have just looked it is resin they take the air out of the wood and replace it with resin, so in that case you should be able to use Danish oil to pop the grain.
Danish oil is way way better
That is looking really god. Come on can't wait to see the final result. I will try that trick with linseed oil on some oak scales i did a couple of weeks ago. Does it work on stabilized wood as well?
I'll give it a try! If it's better I certainly won't miss waiting 24 hours between coats for the tru-oil to dry, then a week for it to set before sealing.
Thanks! I'll try to see what's up with the bandsaw and get cracking. I honestly don't know much about stabilized wood, but try wetting a piece of scrap. If it drinks water and the grain sticks out, then my guess would be it'll drink oil too. Just a question of whether or not the pores were closed when it was stabilized.
I would have thought it being stabilized it would not drink water as all the voids should be full of resin, as they suck the air out and let the wood suck the resin in then bake it to set the resin hard.
Should be taken a before picture of this one it was covered in red rust. Got it all squared away for a member here. I’m happy to have save this nice old Boker.
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Thank you, I know you like your Sheffields so here is another W&B I cleaned up for a friend this weekend.That has come up real nice that's a fantastic restore on a beautiful razor well done....
Thank you, I know you like your Sheffields so here is another W&B I cleaned up for a friend this weekend.
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I use sandpaper followed by dremel. After a lot of experimenting I've found the felt dremel pads cut well but leave micro-scratches and hazing so I follow them with a wool dremel pad or I hand polish. Lot of labor but it is worth it.Really god job!
Do you remove rust on a buffing wheel or do you run a progression of sandpaper as well?
Beauty!!!just off the bench, will test shave this evening.
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View attachment 974559 8/8 Wade and butcher fbu . I scored some whale bone at an antique shop recently. I figured why not? I have made a few pairs of scales so far from different materials. The whale bone is a not so easy to find .
Beautiful job!! What did you use on the scales?
Novus #2 and #3, it works wonders on scales.Beautiful job!! What did you use on the scales?