Thread: The Wall Of Shame

I don't like the Frankenscale style of scales. Ive seen it on a handful of razors and for some reason it just bugs me to death. That being said, the pivot pin looks beat to death. Almost like it's been drug through rocks.

Originally Posted by Suticat

I don't like the Frankenscale style of scales. Ive seen it on a handful of razors and for some reason it just bugs me to death. That being said, the pivot pin looks beat to death. Almost like it's been drug through rocks.

Yeah, I hate those kind of scales someone came out with lately & are mass producing them. Now if someone makes some from scratch, that is fine with me but I have seen a lot of scales like these for sale on eBay lately & I sure wouldn't buy any of them!
For example, it's like back in the '80's or so when all of a sudden people were driving around with these custom vans with scenery painted all over them & most of them had very similar landscapes on them & I hated them! Everyone & their cousin had one. There were very few that looked good but most of them were more or less junky looking to me.

And that pivot pin................I noticed it the first time I saw that razor & it has been relisted several times now w/o it being fixed! Another thing that really bothers me about some working on straight razors is that they over polish them so much, it destroys the razor forever!

Yes I agree a little patina goes a long way. But some people like bright shiny metal. I always try to leave it as original as practical. Yeah that pin looks like a poop weld. lol.