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Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:21 pm
by 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.
Re: Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:10 pm
by orvet
Looks good!
Dale
Re: Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:13 pm
by snorkel
orvet wrote: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
Re: Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 1:03 am
by muskrat man
looks nice are you wetsanding the ironwood?
Re: Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:46 pm
by 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
Re: Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:30 am
by Gunstock Jack
Very nice, Snork!
Re: Desert Ironwood LB7s with Drop Point Blades
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 3:21 pm
by snorkel
Gunstock Jack wrote:Very nice, Snork!
Thanks