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Beautiful work Klaus - as always!
Guess I'm different, but it's the olive wood that gets me, just leaves me slack jawed and drooling.
Thanks, Curt
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Wait! Wait! I thought you were supposed to line the MOP dot up with the nib to get a straight cut!
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(08-24-2016, 08:47 AM)Hank Knight Wrote: Wait! Wait! I thought you were supposed to line the MOP dot up with the nib to get a straight cut!
Now, that is smart, just like notch and bead sighter
The old makers did obviously just one step and missed the 2nd, to add a notch
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Wow
, love it.
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Got to hand it to you for working with wenge, especially for a saw handle. It really did come out pretty!
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As mentioned already, Wenge is a demanding wood for a sculpted thing like a saw handle. That's the way it turned out after being finished (poppy oil and pure carnauba wax).
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As can be seen, the wood still shows some open grain but the part that will be touched by the hand is pretty closed. It feels smooth and comfortable.
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Hi Klaus, your handles are amazing, as usual!
Have you ever tried shellac instead of oil?
Ciao e grazie, Leo.
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Thanks mumu.
I tried shellac a few times and it works pretty good on closed grained woods. On open grained woods like Wenge I don't like it too much however. That's a matter of taste of course.
Klaus
