Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades

[snorkel]

Just finished assembling these last night:
(not finish sanded or buffed yet)
I have to say I really like working with Ironwood, it turns out just fantastic when polished with white compound and then waxed.

[orvet]

Looks good!

Dale

[snorkel]

Looks good!

Dale

Thanks Dale.

Thanks for the tip on using super glue in the pin holes prior to peening.
Worked like a champ, not a single crack on any of the pins I used the super glue on.
I also used a reamer on all the holes and the slight cone shape really helps as well.

Later,

Snorkel

[muskrat man]

looks nice are you wetsanding the ironwood?

[snorkel]

Yep, I wet sand the whole thing to 1500. It works great because the ironwood is so dense nothing gets
into the grain. I can get a "decent" mirror finish on the brass this way, then just about 10 minutes of buffing and it looks great. In this pic though I just washed them to get the dust off

wet sanding maple does not work out so good though

[Gunstock Jack]

Very nice, Snork!

[snorkel]

Very nice, Snork!

Thanks