I had pics of this one in my last post:
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Here is a random process photo, below. I don't know much about wood working so I just put the wood on the lathe and treat it like metal. It's working ok so far.
The handle below is ebony and ivory. I still need to properly photograph most of these handles. After I get all my handles and blades made then I will decide which blades to put in which handles.
I also ordered some more wood and started on some saw handles. The top one is leopard wood, the bottom one is ebony.
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I made two graver handles so far. They are finished except for the ferrule, which I will make out of silver.
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It's still unfinished in this pic. The little thing sticking out on the left side is just something I left on it to help hold it in the lathe.
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Cocobolo on the left, ebony on the right.
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I got a commission recently to make a belt like the scale neckpiece I finished in 2009. It's going to be much thinner and shorter than the neckpiece so it won't take nearly as long.
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To keep the cost down she gave me some silver things to melt down to use for the belt. She gave me these two sterling goblets, but I think rather than meting them down, I will keep at least the big one and use some of my own silver instead.
She also gave me six of these hand engraved napkin holders.
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I'm happy to get the work, but not all that happy about doing more scales.