Wooden ball end handle

[romsitsa]

Hello,

had some spare end pieces lying around, so gave this a go. A bit longer, thicker, but lighter than the factory version, all three piece Gillette heads fit. The ball was quite worn and I like the Canadian smooth version, so sanded it down, the wood is maybe plum, but I'm not sure.
Brass parts will be silver plated.



Adam

 

[gvw755]

Very nice. That wood grain kind of blends in with that copper top. Did you mount the end pieces directly on the wood, or is there a shaft connecting them and the wood on the outside?

 

[romsitsa]

Thank you. The brass pieces will be epoxied into the wood, once finished. Couldn't find a tube with a thin enough wall to accept the ends and an outer tube. And I don't have a lathe to drill though the wood then thin down the wall.

Adam

 

[Ricksplace]

Very nice work.

 

[spookmeister]

Beautiful work

 

[Canadian Mountain Man]

Beautiful combo of the metal & wood. I like the gold/brass tone

 

[constellago]

Beautiful combo of the metal & wood. I like the gold/brass tone

^what he said. Amazing work!

 

[Canadian Mountain Man]

looks a bit like this Joris

 

[KeenDogg]

Very nice, Adam. Looks like it was fun to do.

 

[MilkCrate]

That is nice work. Please post more pics, once plated.

 

[Sparki]

Very nice, good job.

 

[ajkel64]

Well done, great job. Looks fantastic.

 

[dezmil]

Great work. Looks like a fun project.

 

[BigJ]

EXCELLENT! Congrats!

 

[romsitsa]

Thank you All
I had some time and leftover brass bits, so the handle evolved further. The inlay turned out nice imho, but this remains a "prototype", so I won't glue it together.



Also experimenting with Slim twist handle replacements, this handle is cedar, the upper ring is part pine and I forgot the other...
The dimensions are identical to the factory original.



Adam

 

[romsitsa]

Hello,

modified another Slim, this time the handle is plum wood, I left it a bit thicker, but it still fits the original case.



Adam

 

[Ricksplace]

Wow. Daayyuummm that's some fine craftsmanship.
Those inlays are beautiful.

 

[romsitsa]

Hello,

2nd version in progress, to use up cracked barrels. It will have the same dimensions as the original.



Adam

 

[romsitsa]

Wooden parts are more or less finished, both are mahogany.



Adam

 

[gvw755]

I had kind of forgotten about this thread because it was a while back, but it did inspire me to do something similar using my stash of bamboo canes a while back:

It came out pretty good, however, like the real ball end handles, this one also developed a crack

I eventually replaced it with a carbon fiber tube that I got the idea from another thread.