Thread: Scale/wedge dilemma

I'm working on putting new (white) bone scales on my Wade & Butcher Bow, and facing the dilemma of what to do with the wedge. I really like the look of brass on either side of a black wedge, but also really like the thought of a blue or dark red... Or just a plain black wedge... Any pics of something along these lines for ideas?

For some reason I'm really loving this all around combo with the flat scale edges, but my OCD is eating at me wondering what it'd look like with brass in there as well

It'd look something like this, I presume.



Its .016 thick, on each side

Originally Posted by outback

It'd look something like this, I presume.



Its .016 thick, on each side

Great, thanks for the visual!

I was having the same wedge dilema!Lol! For me it was brass, lined, or some swirled blood red/dark red bakalite. It was for a W&B Special I saved by taking a 1/8" off the toe and 1/16 off the edge. She still 6/8 so I thought I would be good for my first rescale. I made the scales with camel bone and brass hardware so in the end I went with a brass wedge too. I think It came out cool!

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

I was having the same wedge dilema!Lol! For me it was brass, lined, or some swirled blood red/dark red bakalite. It was for a W&B Special I saved by taking a 1/8" off the toe and 1/16 off the edge. She still 6/8 so I thought I would be good for my first rescale. I made the scales with camel bone and brass hardware so in the end I went with a brass wedge too. I think It came out cool!

It does look good! I hadn't thought about brass... Something else to think about now haha

A pic of all the pieces before mock up

I think any of those options would look good, even recon turquoise (blue) against those white scales. I've done a number of razors with brass wedge and complementary brass collars. Here are a few-some you can see better than others:

Brass-lined wedges can add an extra touch of class to a razor you really want to dress up. From what I've seen, using the same/similar wedge material inside the liners as you're using for scales looks best. I think JOB15/Joseph's set the mark, but here are a few of mine to get an idea:

Beautiful work guys. These give me a great deal of ideas. Thanks!

Keep in mind the thickness of the wedge at the widest end controls how deep the razor will sit in the scales and not poke out the bottom.

Test fit the razor in the scales where you want the razor to sit, closed. Mark that spot on the blade at the top of the scale and measure the thickness. That is how thick the finished wedge needs to be, with liners if you choose to go that way.

And that the wedge angle needs to be the same as the angle of the tang, not in thickness, but in ratio of taper for smooth operation and to keep the scales in tension. It does not need to be exact, but close.