Made a couple this weekend that were a departure for me. Some of my usual styles, but in some two tone resins that were a new technique for me. They are two piece handles and I definitely went for a retro look with the white resin. Omega ‘49 in the bronze/white one and a ‘48 in the white/blue one. Knots got one defunking lather, but still are nowhere near broken in. I’m keeping one, and the other one is going to a TSD friend:
Very nice, Jim. I really like the 400 on top and the flutes on the bottom right. As you have a forstner or sawtooth bit, have you tried boring the hole on the lathe?
Didn’t plan them that way, but if I did the chances of me doing one in Maple Leafs colours is equivalent to the square root of zero...
Thank you very much. I admire your work so the complement means all the more. This was a store bought blank.
the lathe is keeping my son occupied while his school is in lock down.... he is catching up on his handles
I like the finished handle on the left. The knot hole looks a little bit shallow but it might just be optical illusion. I've made a few handles and still have to do the math several times to figure proper depth.
He checks them with calipers before he puts on a finish, but since each is hand turned, they are all unique. At this point, he is well over 500 brushes.
Good weather, skiing has been covid-cancelled, so I am grabbing opportunities to drag the lathe into the driveway and turn shave gear. This time it was a few covers for my Old Spice mugs and shave bowls. I stacked up some pieces of century old fir beams and joists from my demolished porch a decade ago. I finally cut some blanks out of finer grained pieces and turned my first disc-shaped objects. My cut off chisel got a workout. Pictured below are five of them. I tried to save some of the character of the old rough sawn timber. The outsides were black and splintery with age and weather. There were plenty of cracks, old nail holes, soft spots and pitch pockets to either avoid or incorporate. Finished with beeswax and walnut oil. Instant antiques!
