The scales still look a little chunky to me. The tail appears kind of short and the tang kind of leggy. I just figured out what looks really off to me: You didn't thin the spine of the razor leading to the pivot pin. Therefore the huge space between the scales. This is all just talk though. This razor looks like the direction you might go rather than the direction you have been. IMHO and really, I'm not that humble. Keep at it JR.