Quote Originally Posted by engine46 View Post
I have a couple of straights that are like that. One is horn & the other is celluloid but I suspect the scales, if original, shrunk over the years.
not sure about that. If you look at the spacer in photos one and two there is a clear discrepancy in the length of the spacer - use the pin as the marker. I think the spacer was cut deliberately at an angle. Not sure how shrinkage could get that effect. The scales certainly feel undersized for a 13/16 razor!
Why that would have been done in that way is another question that I have no answer to!!