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CactusBob · 07-14-2008, 05:42 AM

This is a 7/8 round point Gong Razor #2633
There is still some tarnish and pitting on the top half of the blade. Most of the blade etching was covered so it ended up being sanded off. Since I didn't want to go to far I left the rest.
The scales are made from black walnut although it doesn't really look like walnut. I took a piece off a downed branch that had been sitting out in the desert for a couple years. It could almost have been spalted but not quite. Some parts of that piece were very soft and others were hard.
I still have some polishing to do on the blade and when I get some new pins and washers I am going to remove the escutcheon pins and steel washer
Hope you like it

Bob

07-14-2008, 05:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
CactusBob Status: Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vail AZ Posts: 377 Thanks: 1 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts	Gong razor with Black Walnut This is a 7/8 round point Gong Razor #2633 There is still some tarnish and pitting on the top half of the blade. Most of the blade etching was covered so it ended up being sanded off. Since I didn't want to go to far I left the rest. The scales are made from black walnut although it doesn't really look like walnut. I took a piece off a downed branch that had been sitting out in the desert for a couple years. It could almost have been spalted but not quite. Some parts of that piece were very soft and others were hard. I still have some polishing to do on the blade and when I get some new pins and washers I am going to remove the escutcheon pins and steel washer Hope you like it Bob Attached Images __________________ "Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan "Since a politician never believe what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word" - Charles De Gaulle *The Case Collective, The Butcher Shop, The Shoulderless Shaving Gang, The IXL Pipe Shop, Bengall's Band of Brothers*