Thread: 7/8 W&B Wedge in Padauk

I've been working on this one for a while and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, though the pinning was a chore as the washers sunk into the scales. I need to tighten the pivot again, though I'm not quite sure how as the washers seem to just sink in and don't tighten. I may have to go to an adjustable pivot.

The scales are Padauk finished with Tung Oil and a black horn spacer with an ever-so-slight wedge shape. The nice W&B Wedge survived a 1/8" chip in the blade to become what you see here.

As always, thanks to Maxi for the shop days, guidance, patience and beer.

Before shot (left)


After

That looks great! Well done.

Another rescued Englishman, well done!!

Salutations,

I am currently working on a restore on a W&B myself. Looks very similar to yours there if I remember correctly. The "Sheffield" part of the stamp isn't complete, like yours. I bought mine at an antique shop with dime sized rust spots on the blade. I can only hope to have it turn out as nice as your straight. I am curious, why the change in scale styles? Is the one you ended with more comfortable for you?

Sincerely,
JackofDiamonds

I just made a pattern for scales that I liked and would be sort of "beefy" enough for this blade. I had roughed out the scales and was hand-sanding the blade at low grits when I must have run into a pit near the edge, because next thing I knew, I had a rather disconcerting chip in the edge of the blade. Luckily, there was plenty of metal left to make up for the loss of nearly 1/8" of material, so in the end, I probably would have made the scales a touch narrower. As to the style, I just wanted to do something a bit different with this one. I've got a couple where I kept a rounded design, including a Bow Razor that is in progress where I'm going for the classic look with black horn, but I just decided to change it up with this one.

I love those padauk scales. Nice job, sir.

Very nice and I agree about the Padauk, beautiful wood. Nicely done!!

It came out great JD...you should be very proud of this one. I love working with padauk...out of everything, it's neck and neck with Bubinga for my favourite wood to play with.

Love the color of those scales and the double pins in the wedge

I believe you made the right decision with the scale's, they fit the blade nicely.