Originally Posted by
MikekiM
Love the lines and the acid etching is awesome.
Question about the scales. The extreme curve of the scales means you're going with the grain at the wedge end and ultimately, as they curve, you end up in a cross-grain orientation. Cross grain is notoriously weak and though the scales aren't really prone to heavy stresses in use, you're vulnerable to them splitting as you get closer to the pivot end.
I have been wodworking since I was a kid, but I am new to making scales. Am I over-thinking this?