Originally Posted by
Damo
you are correct - they look like horn scales. It appears to impinge on the nose of the toe, maybe about 2mm above where the cutting edge starts to appear, so I guess that is ok then!
They are beautifully shaped. I have always gawped at the older faux framebacks that are on show in this thread, and then I came across a (rather odd) website stocking some NOS Rameau stuff, and I couldn't resist this one. Hopefully the micropitting will come out in the first bevel setting so the width can be preserved.