Thread: Rescale with Koa

I have been shaving with this Morris "Collegiate" made in Solingen. Hopefully I didn't ruin a collector's item. It is a good shaver, but I didn't like the cheesy plastic scales, so I made some new scales out of Koa and made the wedge out of ebony.

Where did you get the Koa I am having a heck of a time getting some Please any link would be greatly appreciated by me and the poor guy waiting on his razor

Beautiful work !!!!

That's a lovely job! It looks great now. I'd have been tempted to keep the three pins though, but it looks fine without.

Glen,

Here's a couple of Koa links:

Hawaiian Hardwoods Direct

eBay -Curly Koa

Ty Chris:
But as we have come to find out, SRP rocks!!!!!!
and Oso is sending me enough to make the scales....

I swear if only real life was as great as this forum is .......

Gorgeous piece of timber. Wish I could see it live.

The razor has beatiful lines, the workmanship looks flawless.

The wood and the finish you used really make the wood shimmer.

Great work!!

Charlie

Thanks for the comments, input and encouragement. I make knives, but this was my first stab at making scales. I am now very excited about doing some more and getting into restoration of blades.