spsurfer 891 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Hello, I just finished this one with walnut. This time with slacum oil from 'The London FIinisher' and the result is a nice depth and high glossy finish. 97mm blade from 1.3505 117mm handle from turkish walnut. Regards Nicolas 5 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Fantastic... As always Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,851 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Perfect! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,776 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 As above ....pure quality .. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Stunning quality as usual ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 2 hours ago, W. Katchum said: Any chance of giving us a rough how to to get a block a walnut into that ? Not ready for the rest but would love to know what process ye use to get w block a wood to look like that. I may try an regardless summat just to try, I got more access to wood working tools than tools for metals Well, the walnut I got from a turkish dealer, called "turkishwalnut" on Instagram. Very tight, wonderful curly grain, but not cheap. A year ago I bought a bigger piece that will serve for a 12 handles. Rough shaped with a rasp, later a finer metal file, followed by sand paper, grain 180, 280, 360, 400, 600, 1000, 1200 and 2000. Between you need to wetten the wood and dry it with a heat gun so small splinters will raise and get cut on the next sanding. After the 2000 paper I polished with rotton stone powder. Now you need to stain it with red root oil (I got these from "the London finisher", formerly working for Purdey) till you get the depth and colour you want. Polish again with rotton stone.. Now the slacum oil, some drops on the handle and move it all over, it will cure quite fast, if it gets tacky, rub it in with your palm, between layers, polish with rotton stone. I think I used a 10 layers, once I came across a tiny hole that couldn't get filled so I sanded this part again (better to do this BEFORE ;)) and filled it... After the final layer, a thin layer of kit oil. The slacum needs to dry for about 4-8h better leave it over night. If you don't wait till it's 100% cured and apply the lext layer, you can risk that the surface get's tiny bumps and you'll need to repeat the polishing etc. Regards Nicolas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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spsurfer 891 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, W. Katchum said: can I ask what you use sanding wise?machine or hand an if both at what point do you swap No machines at all, only for the blade grind. I think by hand, you can control better. Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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