Ken Richardson

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Anybody know how to "jewell" a blade like Richardson does? I tried my Dremmel with a wire brush but didn't really look the same.
 
Im not sure if it is the way that he does it, but you can jewel with a piece of wooden dowel in a drill press with polishing compound.
 
I've used a rubber eraser (the kind in a pencil, not the soft white kind that actually work on paper) chucked in the drill press with reasonable success. I suspect that Keith's suggestion would make a more pronounced effect.
 
You need a drill press to do it right. Hand work only looks good for very small jobs ( like jewelery and watch cases). Chock a piece of maple dowel in the drill press. Spread a thin coat of fine valve grinding compound across the blade surface to be jeweled. Lower the spinning dowel and apply pressure for a few seconds, lift and move the blade ( it should be in a X-Y vise,BTW) so the next jewel will just slightly overlap the last one. Continue across one row before moving to the next. Practice on a piece of similar hardened steel to get the procedure down.
Stacy
 
Brownell's sells some tools for doing jeweling. One is an arbor that holds an abrasive stick, like Cratex. It works best on flat surfaces. Another system that they have are arbors with stiff bristled brushes that are used with abrasive compound. They are for jeweling on a rounded surface, like a rifle bolt.
 
You might have lots of luck finding more info searching for Jeweling on gunsmithing sites. Jeweling of bolts and slides is pretty common...
 
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