Wilbert Cutlery in Cocobolo

[mainaman]

My first covered tang restoration.
Kris and I decided to go with Cocobolo.
I had a piece of some very nice dark one, I added a Blood Wood wedge and brass hardware.

Thanks for looking.

 

[JRichmond]

Very Nice!

 

[superbleu]

The wood covered tang looks really sharp. Nice work Stefan.

 

[mbrossar]

Oh my, that looks nice. Good work!

 

[huntmol]

Never seen a wood covered tang before, that looks gorgeous

 

[Aussieshaver]

Stunning. I have wondered how they applied the ivory to the tang - is it just glued on?

On a seperate note, I love the 'bass' pins

 

[mainaman]

Stunning. I have wondered how they applied the ivory to the tang - is it just glued on?

On a seperate note, I love the 'bass' pins

haha looks like I went bass fishing for bit there
the scales and tang were plastic , the tang scales were put in place with 3 pins which were smaller than 1/16, no glue.

 

[Ender Wiggins]

Never seen a wood covered tang before, that looks gorgeous

+1 nice work!!!

 

[sproosemoose]

wowee nice!

 

[richmondesi]

Cool, Stefan

 

[honed]

Very classy

 

[Barbash]

Very nice work!

 

[mainaman]

Thanks guys.
the razor also shaves amazingly smooth.

 

[Golden Ears]

+1 Stunning, Gorgeous and Classy.

 

[JPM]

Wow! Beautiful.

 

[BillEllis]

From the photos, it looks to be a good job. I like the lines. As clean as the covered tang is, there may still be an issue down the road about them coming off because of the wet environment. Cocobolo and glue/epoxy don't always make the best of friends because it has so many natural oils. Unless, of course, you incorporated hidden pins in the tang. You should be proud of the look and the accomplishment.

 

[rulebender]

congrats!

 

[rambus007]

Looks fantastic. Did the tang already have that ridge right where the small scales end?

 

[mainaman]

Looks fantastic. Did the tang already have that ridge right where the small scales end?

yes the tang is original, I just changed the scales.

 

[pal]

Looks Great!