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legOFwhat? wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:14 pm
Prepping for Tee15! Well just squaring things up :winking-tongue

I keep acquiring scale material when I don't really need it lol. I'm ready for the next few mules! Also have some black g10 on the way.
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Josh Crutchley wrote:
Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:42 pm
legOFwhat? wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:14 pm
Prepping for Tee15! Well just squaring things up :winking-tongue

I keep acquiring scale material when I don't really need it lol. I'm ready for the next few mules! Also have some black g10 on the way.
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I'm ready as well and eager to see how they come out!

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While we wait, I'm going to go back to previous mules that have removable scales and do some rework, or perhaps make pinned handles for them. It's a sickness :woozy
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I have some material too ! And 4 pairs stabilized burl scales coming from Ukraine too. They are expensive, but in my eyes they look so good ! Being able to hand-select the pattern so that you know how it'll look like, and keeping the symmetry on each scale is one of my joys :open-grin

(Not all my stock, I have a lot of micarta at home)

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Ramonade wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:47 am
I have some material too ! And 4 pairs stabilized burl scales coming from Ukraine too. They are expensive, but in my eyes they look so good ! Being able to hand-select the pattern so that you know how it'll look like, and keeping the symmetry on each scale is one of my joys :open-grin

(Not all my stock, I have a lot of micarta at home)

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Robin, I'm so jealous! :smlling-eyes That's a beautiful collection of woods, I can't wait to see what you do with them!

Feed the flock!
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Hi Robin,

Wow. Please share pics of the completed pieces.

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legOFwhat? wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:12 am

Robin, I'm so jealous! :smlling-eyes That's a beautiful collection of woods, I can't wait to see what you do with them!

Feed the flock!
sal wrote: Hi Robin,

Wow. Please share pics of the completed pieces.

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Can't show much except one set that is near the corby + epoxy step! I've been focusing on personal blades or other projects lately, but I'm back at it and almost have as much Mules in stock that I have woods :winking-tongue.

I won't buy a carbide 6mm drill bit just to go through REX76 (I'm a maniac, so I want my mosaïc pin right in between my corbys), so decorative mosaïc pins it is ;) . My 2 most beautiful pair of scales are reserved by a customer to pick his favorite for the CPM-T15 ( I'll buy 2 and do both handles, I'll keep the one he does not want lol).

After this one, there's a S45VN Mule to do and for this one Imma try to create a screwed pair of scales. Problem is living in Europe, hardware is impossible to find without jacking up the price of the finished product a lot (same for drill bits).

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Ramonade wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:00 pm
legOFwhat? wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 11:12 am

Robin, I'm so jealous! :smlling-eyes That's a beautiful collection of woods, I can't wait to see what you do with them!

Feed the flock!
sal wrote: Hi Robin,

Wow. Please share pics of the completed pieces.

sal
Can't show much except one set that is near the corby + epoxy step! I've been focusing on personal blades or other projects lately, but I'm back at it and almost have as much Mules in stock that I have woods :winking-tongue.

I won't buy a carbide 6mm drill bit just to go through REX76 (I'm a maniac, so I want my mosaïc pin right in between my corbys), so decorative mosaïc pins it is ;) . My 2 most beautiful pair of scales are reserved by a customer to pick his favorite for the CPM-T15 ( I'll buy 2 and do both handles, I'll keep the one he does not want lol).

After this one, there's a S45VN Mule to do and for this one Imma try to create a screwed pair of scales. Problem is living in Europe, hardware is impossible to find without jacking up the price of the finished product a lot (same for drill bits).

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Australia hardwood collection

Mix of Australian hardwoods
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Ringed Gidgee…..it’s cheap as chips in Australia :winking-tongue
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Purple Acacia…….Pretty rare wood but happened to score a few pieces and a small log that’s drying Acacia carneorum, also referred to as purple-wood wattle
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Also a heap the Cat is guarding
Tiger Myrtle, Huon pine, Tasmanian Blackwood and Western Myall
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Tasmanian Blackwood
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Tiger Myrtle
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tcarltonw wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:50 pm

Box Elder Burl?
Yes ! It is my favorite, even if I have some new essences coming in : black ash burl and golden amboyna burl :open-grin
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Picked up some nice Ringed Gidgee only the other day…

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And some Burl for $10 a block Happy to send a burl block or two for postage only…. Be in the US April for work
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standy99 wrote:
Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:39 am
And some Burl for $10 a block Happy to send a burl block or two for postage only…. Be in the US April for work
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I would take you up on that offer, but it would be in France in June ! :squinting-tongue :squinting-tongue
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Ramonade wrote:
Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:26 am
tcarltonw wrote:
Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:50 pm

Box Elder Burl?
Yes ! It is my favorite, even if I have some new essences coming in : black ash burl and golden amboyna burl :open-grin
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My 1st taste of box elder burl has been purchased. Thanks fellow enablers :hugging-face
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Roughly finished 2 mules this weekend. Denim micarta, orange and white g10 and red terotuff with white and purple g10.

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Hopefully get to start on woods for the 15v and remaining magnacut mules. It was nice having some flock time on this extended break!
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Pick of the fab five

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Might start something new tomorrow :thinking


Didn’t include the beautiful scales by the owner of this thread LegOFwhat?
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standy99 wrote:
Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:06 am
Might start something new tomorrow :thinking
😁 any hints?

I got one glued and clamped last night so I've caught the bug too!
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Finished up some mules I've had mocked up for a bit.
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Top to bottom: my PMA11 burlap micarta and highlighter yellow G10, 15v Ringed Gidgee (thanks Andy!) Teal G10, and 4v with woodchuck cast and white g10.

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This is nearly camouflaged on our countertop 😀

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One I finished a few weeks ago but forgot to post. 1st time using box elder burl.

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Forgot to rotate the dragon pin so it's upsidedown for now.🤦‍♂️
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legOFwhat? wrote:
Mon May 29, 2023 2:12 pm
Roughly finished 2 mules this weekend. Denim micarta, orange and white g10 and red terotuff with white and purple g10.

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Well done! Did you use a router round-over bit on the edges to get that nice even chamfer on the edge?
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Bolster wrote:
Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:30 pm
legOFwhat? wrote:
Mon May 29, 2023 2:12 pm
Roughly finished 2 mules this weekend. Denim micarta, orange and white g10 and red terotuff with white and purple

Well done! Did you use a router round-over bit on the edges to get that nice even chamfer on the edge?
Sure did. An actual router is sooo much better that a bit in the drill press. Haha.
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legOFwhat? wrote:
Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:53 pm
Finished up some mules I've had mocked up for a bit.
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Top to bottom: my PMA11 burlap micarta and highlighter yellow G10, 15v Ringed Gidgee (thanks Andy!) Teal G10, and 4v with woodchuck cast and white g10.

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They are beautiful…



More pictures of that Ringed Gidgee one….

Is that the piece I gave you :O Man that was off the wrong pile :'( :'(
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