opaul
Well-Known Member
I'm going to blame it on the heat .
I glued some two tone scales and drilled the pin holes, that are on this blade, for a different blade. Well, they happened to be a bit short for the intended blade so I decided I'll just put them on this blade. The problem was, I had already drilled the pin holes.
Easy enough, I'll just use the scales (now with drilled pin holes) as the template for new pin holes on the blade that already had pin holes drilled. I know this is complicated.
I was proud of myself, yep I saved those scales! Now as I began to dry mount and sand the scales to the blade I noticed the pins weren't centered with the tang. What to do , I decided to press ahead.
This is the result. I love the combination of the burl and the black wood, but as with any of us would be, the position of the pin holes really bother me. This will mostly likely stay in the family.
Lesson learned, don't try to save a set of scales at the expense of sacrificing a nice blade. I should have set those scales aside and started fresh.
I glued some two tone scales and drilled the pin holes, that are on this blade, for a different blade. Well, they happened to be a bit short for the intended blade so I decided I'll just put them on this blade. The problem was, I had already drilled the pin holes.
Easy enough, I'll just use the scales (now with drilled pin holes) as the template for new pin holes on the blade that already had pin holes drilled. I know this is complicated.
I was proud of myself, yep I saved those scales! Now as I began to dry mount and sand the scales to the blade I noticed the pins weren't centered with the tang. What to do , I decided to press ahead.
This is the result. I love the combination of the burl and the black wood, but as with any of us would be, the position of the pin holes really bother me. This will mostly likely stay in the family.
Lesson learned, don't try to save a set of scales at the expense of sacrificing a nice blade. I should have set those scales aside and started fresh.