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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).
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