Thread: Restoring Granddad's old straight with an ultramodern flourish

Should come out nicely. The carbon fiber you are using is not woven so you may want to keep the rounding of the scales to a minimum or else you're going to replace the checkerd pattern witha a grey/ black stripes pattern. I suggest you look up the woven/non woven patterns on a google image search and see if you like it...also you can use a small piece of our cr to test round it an see how it looks.

If you are using 1/8 drill on the scale holes keep in mind that the pivot you cut should protude into the scales about 1mm each side with the washers in place for no blade play. If you drill 1/8 holes and the pivot does not protrude into the scales you are going to have blade play due to the fact that the screws are smaller in diameter then the 1/8hole.
You may also want to use anoter dremmel bit to sink the screw heads...i use a round stone bit to make a sink for the.screw heads.
Also take care on the wedge so it has the same angle on eatch side or you could get an off center blade.
I sugest after rough profiling the.scales to hand finish them up under water with 800grit or higher...i go up to 2k....no dust, faster.
Also you can use a drop of CA to set the liners to the wedge for a snug fit.
Can't wayt to se how this turns out. I use cf in a lot of my restores and i love it.
Best of luck!