mikebpeters
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OK, I'll admit I was more than a bit nervous about this one. A customer brought in some old gym floor board bits that he had salvaged from his old high school gym that he had spent a ton of time in growing up.
His commission was to me was to make him a shaver set, and if there was any wood left over, he wanted a pen/pencil set for each of his parents.
He told me that I had full artistic lisence to do whatever I wanted . . . gulp!
The backs of the boards had "made in Canada" alternating with "made in the Maritimes" stamped in them, but poorly. I started by salvaging the best stamped piece and put some black die on it, then sanded back the piece as much as I dared so as to highlight the stamp without removing it.
I then used a few more of the scraps to fill in either side of the handle and I put a piece on the end that would show the original varnished floor surface. Because I had to use the whole "made in the maritimes" piece it pushed the entire brush to be about 50% longer than most brushes so I had to lengthen the stand height as well.
The stand and razor handle I used back-to-back pieces of varnished floor so that the floor surface would show on both sides.
I used silvertip badger for the brush and a fusion head on the razor.
I didn't have enough wood left to go back-to-back for the pen/pencil sets so I just made FAT slimlines with floor surface showing on one side only.
bottom line - every step of the way something went wrong and I had to redo or rethink almost everything. I also made some rookie mistakes that I won't admit to the details of that also forced a bit of rework, but in the end the customer was utterly delighted so that is all that counts.
His commission was to me was to make him a shaver set, and if there was any wood left over, he wanted a pen/pencil set for each of his parents.
He told me that I had full artistic lisence to do whatever I wanted . . . gulp!
The backs of the boards had "made in Canada" alternating with "made in the Maritimes" stamped in them, but poorly. I started by salvaging the best stamped piece and put some black die on it, then sanded back the piece as much as I dared so as to highlight the stamp without removing it.
I then used a few more of the scraps to fill in either side of the handle and I put a piece on the end that would show the original varnished floor surface. Because I had to use the whole "made in the maritimes" piece it pushed the entire brush to be about 50% longer than most brushes so I had to lengthen the stand height as well.
The stand and razor handle I used back-to-back pieces of varnished floor so that the floor surface would show on both sides.
I used silvertip badger for the brush and a fusion head on the razor.
I didn't have enough wood left to go back-to-back for the pen/pencil sets so I just made FAT slimlines with floor surface showing on one side only.
bottom line - every step of the way something went wrong and I had to redo or rethink almost everything. I also made some rookie mistakes that I won't admit to the details of that also forced a bit of rework, but in the end the customer was utterly delighted so that is all that counts.
