Boker Twisted Spine in Leopardwood Scales

This is my 5th set of scales, learning new things with every pair. The Boker was purchased at a gun show in LAs Vegas for $10 in what I like to call "Disco Scales." They were plastic green scales that looked like someone put a layer of CA, sprinkled some stripper glitter on then coated with some more CA. Horrible! The razor was in good condition with just a few water spots and some patina.
The current scales are from 1/8 Leopardwood blanks. Cut, shaped and sanded by hand. I finished them with 7 layers of CA. I used black linen Micarta for a spacer and chose what I think is a 'dramatic' location for the rear pin.
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Nice looking scales!

Just wondering, with the pin that low did you have to use any adhesive etc for the wedge/spacer?

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Originally Posted by ironsidegnr

Nice looking scales!

Just wondering, with the pin that low did you have to use any adhesive etc for the wedge/spacer?

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Yes I used a drop (and I mean a tiny, tiny drop) of contact cement to adhere to the top of spacer to the scales. Also, I found that by not thinning out the spacer side of the scales as much as I normally do it created a snugger fit.

Really like razors with spines like those.

Great Job, nice looking scales.

Now you have me wondering. I have what I thought was a Boker 1056 that someone had modified to remove the barber's notch - now a square tip. You have what looks like a 1056 with a round tip. Can anyone confirm that 1056's did NOT all originally have barber's notches? Or do we both have razors that have been modified?

I think that wood compliments the spine work quite nicely. Well done!

Leopardwood is a great wood, and you have a very nice set of scales there. Great job. The best thing is the learning that happens with each set.