Thanks my friend, I tried to mimic the original scales as best I could. They were about .140 in the middle and were rounded toward the blade. I ended up with between .135 -.141 so I was in the ballpark. I also re-used the original lead/pewter wedge but for some reason the razor hit the wedge so I worked it back toward the hole but ended up having to elongate the hole in the scales to get clearance.
All in all I'm very pleased and I learned a lot. If we didn't keep learning, what a boring life we would have!
I'm very confident about honing it as it had a very small and even bevel from who knows how long ago. :shrug: