A little GD work in progress

I've been having a lot of spare time on work lately (overall recession is taking a toll on th edental industry ).
So I ordered a 3$ Gold Dollar just to keep me occupied for some time.
So this is what has been done by now (meaning today )

I guess it is a bit rough and crude since I do everything using a hand piece we have in the lab (something like a sophisticated dremmel tool).
I hope you like it, and I will keep you posted on the progress

 

Awesome. I too have a GD project in the works. I am in the process of making some scales.

 

Me too, although I'm having some difficulty with that, mostly the lack of proper tools. I found some nice oak wood but that turned out to be too thick and my efforts of cutting it through the middle or splinting it weren't all that good

 

Very nice. I've got a couple of GDs I plan on customizing, so I might try something similar. I look forward to seeing what you do with the scales.

 

I got some thinner oak wood for the scales, so we'll see how that turns out

 

I did a little sawing and sand papering today and this is roughly what I got

A lousy pic with the original scales
And one a bit less lousy with the blade

The greyness to the bottom of the scales is due to the camera and lightning , the wood is oak and I'm thinking of a dark brown finish while retaining the grain

 

Looking really nice there!

They need some work, but GD's make for a good blade blank for str8 razor projects

 

This is how it was supposed to turn out..but I have to start over..don't ask

 

Well now I've gotta ask what happened?

 

I split the scales lengthwise...with a little help of stupidity and impatience

 

Sadly, I've done the same thing, and more than once (clearly, I'm a slow learner).

 

Story of my life my man. Scales look awesome though! Good job. The next try will be even better!! Unless you peaked on that one, then well....

 

I hope I didn't , it would be sad to peak out on the first ones

 

You got that right! Here's to ya My Lord of Monkeys!