Finished my latest set of Mule scales this evening. These are in stablilized snakeskin sycamore bolted to an M390 Mule. This material was very finicky to work with - it was very chippy and tended to want to split along grain lines. The wood was also lightly spalted, which you can see in some of the shots - and the spalting wanted to rip out as well. I had to resort to CA glue to reattach several chips, but because of the nature of the grain, you can hardly see them now. These were sanded down to 1200 grit, then finished with 5 thin coats of Tru-Oil and a top coat of Renaissance Wax.
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