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    Well I am venturing into restoring an old razor I picked up for cheap on E-bay. Scales were said to be wood but appear to be some badly damaged horn. Backside piece broke off after I had it depinned. So now I just need to think of what I want to scale it with.

    Rust did not affect the edge at all so I am pleased about that. Will take a bit more work polishing. Now I just need to find a source for my scale material.

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    If there is a Lee Valley Tools near you, they have some woods, if not masecraft.com has a nice selection of other materials.

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    It looks like it had a nice smile to it.

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    Thanks for the heads up on materials I will take a look. And yes it does have a nice smile and it doesn't appear like the rust affected much the edge is clear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thisisclog View Post
    If there is a Lee Valley Tools near you, they have some woods, if not masecraft.com has a nice selection of other materials.
    Unfortunately I don't think there are any Lee Valley stores in the US (please correct me if I'm wrong!), but +1 to the suggestion for both Lee Valley and Masecraft.

    Take a look on ebay as well. There are quite a few people selling razor scale blanks in a variety of materials. Just make sure that they are specifically razor scale blanks (not gun grip/ knife handle scale blanks as they are too short) that are at least 6" in length.

    And have fun with it!

    BTW, Frederick Reynolds made some great blades - that should be a beaut when it's done.

    It was in original condition, faded red, well-worn, but nice.
    This was and still is my favorite combination; beautiful, original, and worn.
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    I got some great wood from Rockler.com - they have some nice exotics in 1/8" pieces which makes it perfect for making scales. I made my first set a week or so ago out of Paduak.

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    Keep us posted.very interested to see if that blade can be resurected.

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    I forgot to mention this thread:

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

    It's an *excellent* source of all kinds of info related to restoration

    It was in original condition, faded red, well-worn, but nice.
    This was and still is my favorite combination; beautiful, original, and worn.
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    Thanks guys! I will keep you posted. I don't know
    if I want to keep it close to original or use some modern
    Materials at this point I may get both since I do want to rescale
    Some others I have.

    JT

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    I do not know if you have them up there but Woodcraft has a selection and the one by me has a "scrap bin" that has great stuff in it for scales. The scrap is $1 a pound, can't beat it for many of the exotics.
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