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Girls call me Makaluod
A while ago @aussie gave me an old scaleless Cadman "Bengall" that was excess to his requirements. That was reported on here.
With that SR blade, I reprofiled the point to the French style, shortening the edge length by about 10mm, and gave it a bit of a cleanup. The blade's pivot pin hole was rather rectangular in shape, about 3mm x 3.5mm, so I filled it with JB Weld epoxy and drilled a new 1.6mm hole.
I found some Queensland silver ash timber (flindersia bourjotiana) hidden away. It is a timber I enjoyed working with when building racing sailing dinghies in my youth. Knowing its properties, I decided to use this timber for the blade's scales.
I designed the scales' profile to suit the blade, stuck two pieces of the timber together and cut it out to my design. I then used my Dremel drill press to drill the 1.6mm diameter pivot pin hole. With that done, I then sanded the scales to my liking. Each scale is 3mm thick. I could have made them thinner but that would have upset the SR's overall balance. Here is where I am now at.
Am I now right to separate the two scales and fit the blade?
Due to the mass of the scales and the blade, I will be using a lead tapered wedge to better balance the finished SR at about the pivot pin. For this wedge, I have a lead fishing sinker that I will cold forge.
Once finished, I will probably sell this SR on B&B as a shave-ready vintage SR for a beginner into the gentlemanly art.
With that SR blade, I reprofiled the point to the French style, shortening the edge length by about 10mm, and gave it a bit of a cleanup. The blade's pivot pin hole was rather rectangular in shape, about 3mm x 3.5mm, so I filled it with JB Weld epoxy and drilled a new 1.6mm hole.
I found some Queensland silver ash timber (flindersia bourjotiana) hidden away. It is a timber I enjoyed working with when building racing sailing dinghies in my youth. Knowing its properties, I decided to use this timber for the blade's scales.
I designed the scales' profile to suit the blade, stuck two pieces of the timber together and cut it out to my design. I then used my Dremel drill press to drill the 1.6mm diameter pivot pin hole. With that done, I then sanded the scales to my liking. Each scale is 3mm thick. I could have made them thinner but that would have upset the SR's overall balance. Here is where I am now at.
Due to the mass of the scales and the blade, I will be using a lead tapered wedge to better balance the finished SR at about the pivot pin. For this wedge, I have a lead fishing sinker that I will cold forge.
Once finished, I will probably sell this SR on B&B as a shave-ready vintage SR for a beginner into the gentlemanly art.
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