FAL'ER Does It Again - Amazing Maple Scales

OREGON FAL'ER said:
Yeah man, I been meaning to hook you up for awhile. The 3d on those is real nice . I ended up putting 2 coats of tru oil on those and finish sanding to 2000 grit. The story on these is this chello/ viola/ violin maker who shops were I work got talking with me one day about woodworking, he tells me he's got this piece of american fiddleback maple in his shop and he can't use it for his instruments. He told me he's had it in his shop for 30 some years and he goes on to say his dads knife was stolen from him and he'd like to get a new knife. He said he'd let me have the chunk of fiddleback if I'd make him a set of scales for him and he'd pay me for a knife to put them on. So he's gonna get a BK17 with some of these. This first set is my test just to see how the wood rasps & sands. I really wanted to keep these.
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I scanned the note that came with them but didn't want to post it up until I got permission.

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amazing work OREGON FAL'ER. thanks for sharing, Guyon. Those scales are crazy!
 
Gunyon, you lucky bastid!
FAL'ER, your work is top notch indeed!
 
That's some nice wood you got there. I bet it feels great in your hand.



Oh wait, that didn't sound right. I meant to say congrats on scoring that nice wood. Hmm... I'm not sure that's much better. Guess I'll just say "You Lucky Bastid!!!" :D
 
Bloody beautiful FAL'er! See Biscuit, people do tend to remember you on occasion.
 
Gunyon, thanks for showing me this. As I'm sure you've noticed, the 17 has caught my eye but I was not impressed with the scales. This has certainly opened my eyes.
 
Dang i love fiddleback maple! Its my favorite rite next to cairo walnut. Beeutiful work, and yes i am jealous!
 
Thanks for all the kind words folks. I'm still honing my craft and I can point to any number of screwups on every set I've done. I just drilled the damn center hole in the wrong spot the other day, so it's a learning process. I'm getting some folks wanting to pay me to make these for them and I guess that's an option, but like I've said before I spend 7 to 10 hours per set so that isn't gonna be cheap. Most folks don't wanna pay $80 to $100 for scales for an $80 ish dollar knife. So I'm inclined to just keep it at a hobby level and give them away at a time of my choosing to a person of my choosing. I'm just speaking freely here.
 
Wow, incredible work and a really cool story about the wood! OF's work never ceases to amaze me.
 
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