Fancy Scales Thread. A CPK picture show

Daverous said:
The finished work. Tony almost seems like he knows what he's doing ;)

Dare I say a little thunder and lightning while pointing to these instead of my underwhelming muscles?



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A natural evolution combining the well thought out blade with the same in scales. What grit are those sanded to, I’m sure you can get lost looking into them.:eek:[/QUOTE]
 
woodysone said:
A natural evolution combining the well thought out blade with the same in scales. What grit are those sanded to, I’m sure you can get lost looking into them.:eek:
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Martin,
Those are sanded to 400 grit. I use about a half a can of elbow grease on each one. If I am doing mosaic pins I go to 800 or 1000 grit. Then I have about 4 steps in the finishing, involving several coats of oil, buffing, then car wax on top of everything. This gives a nice, tactile feel, smooth but not too slick, but it is also easy to maintain with 0000 steel wool and more car wax if they ever need a quick clean up.
 
Hey all,
Let me clarify something, if I may. I get to share my hobby now and then in this sub forum and our gracious hosts have let me do so. I absolutely enjoy and support CPK and it has been a bit of a platform for my first hobby, woodworking. But I am not a maker/craftsman with the appropriate level of membership to actively solicit and advertise work.

Nathan and Jo are really, really cool about me doing what I do and sharing it here. I never know if a maker is going to be irritated by me riding their coat tails. CPK have been beyond awesome about this, and at times have even offered ideas and made helpful suggestions. I want my scales to complement their knives whenever possible. I so much appreciate them letting me show off here, now and then. And I appreciate this small community enjoying it as well. Thanks.

But again, no soliciting on my part. Thanks.
 
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SwarthyGnome said:
https://imgur.com/gallery/MtewjTL

Apologies for the poor photography.
Tony knocks it out of the park yet again with this stellar duo.
Thank you TRfromMT TRfromMT And the CPK team!
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Those aren't bad looking scales by any means, but that Koa doesn't have that much movement in the grain, if you send a set to me I believe I can help you out with those,;) Beautiful work Tony!:eek:
 
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For those of you who want to see an almost a side-by-side comparison of how much superior Nathan's African Blackwood is as compared to another maker's who also has a reputation and fame for offering very fancy handle scales:

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You may call me biased, but you must also call me right as I have the eye for beauty :p :D
 
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