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It was a blessing in disguise . I had the red bone Dovo scales on a W&B Bow blade , that was so badly warped , I'd (wisely) given up on trying to hone it straight , a few years ago . I put them on the blade , and they worked out really well . Here's a pic .
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Gotta go mow the lawn now .
Dave--nice save! I've never seen especially thin bone scales; you sure yours weren't ivory? I've been using some old ivory scales (one side arrived broken) as wedges in other rescales. They stink to sand, but look nice.
Unit--your broken scale looks like gutta percha, the same brittle rubber that clarinet and sax mouthpieces are made of. No big loss. If you rub it on your sleeve and it smells like rubber, there you are. It's not fancy stuff, and it's easy to break. Keep 'em around for future practice--drill new holes and try peening new pins onto them.
Best wishes
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OK, so today I took another shot at it (shaving). It went much better today and (in case anyone is interested) I think I am developing enough of a sense for this that I can now feel the difference between my honed blades and the one that was professionally honed (I believe you guys refer to it as "mellow"?)...it could be in my head, but anyway, the results were nice.
Thanks to all that contribute to this site (and my learning)!
Glad to hear it!
Of course we're interested! Trust your feelings... there's nothing inside of your head except what your senses put there. Except desire, imagination, optimism... nothing wrong with any of those, either. If your shave felt better it felt better. At some point, when you're more confident about your honing and feel like really playing with edges, you can try stropping on diamond paste then shaving, and see if you think that feels different. I bet you'll tell a difference there, and will want to backtrack to hones or some CrOx to gentle that edge back.
Best wishes and happy shaving.