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  1. 03-06-2011, 11:13 PM #1
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    Default W&B Invincible 6/8 in faux tortoise...

    Had the razor for about six months and finally got around to dialing in the hone job until it shaves perfectly. Now it was sitting in a set of replacement scales that someone had done a poor job of maybe 80 years ago.

    At any rate, I've never built a set of scales from scratch before and have absolutely NO tools to do it. So I picked up some washers from Microfasteners, the nickel-silver and faux tortoise is thanks to Texasknife. All the hand tools were courtesy of Harbor Freight. Got up this morning and unpinned this guy and marked a set of scales on the tortoise sheet and commenced to coping it out by hand, followed by hand sanding. I haven't received my wedge material yet from Masecraft, so I repurposed the old celluloid wedge into the new scales and pinned it all up.

    This is my first pin job ever (I'm not counting the Dovo pins I've used), first scales....my first EVERYTHING.

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  3. 03-06-2011, 11:17 PM #2
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    Very well done. Nice glossy finish on the scales too.

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  5. 03-06-2011, 11:57 PM #3
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    Very nice. I wish by my 3rd one I could have done 1/2as nice
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  7. 03-07-2011, 01:05 AM #4
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    I think this turned out just great, with nice looking scales and a beautiful blade. Your peening looks nice too. Nice work.
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  9. 03-07-2011, 01:12 AM #5
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    Nice job red96 !
    Is that the celluloid faux tortoise ? If it is you need to take care if you progress to a belt sander. It can smoke up easily
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  11. 03-07-2011, 01:46 AM #6
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    It looks really great, first effort or not.

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  13. 03-07-2011, 06:31 AM #7
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    red, you did a great job on this one! I like the "Invincible" inscription on the blade, and the tortoise scales was a good choice!
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  15. 03-07-2011, 11:17 AM #8
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    Fantastic first job.
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  17. 03-07-2011, 11:00 PM #9
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    Yo done good! the whole razor and scales looks to be thought out ahead of time and it looks as though you worked with a clear mental picture of what you wanted.
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