Thread: I decided to make a new pair of scales for my old W. Greaves blade for now.

I decided to make a new pair of scales for my old W. Greaves blade for now. A person whom I won't mention was doing some blade regrinds for me a few months ago but told me some family issues arose & that he would not be able to do anymore for awhile or I'd have at least had him polish this blade for me. It is ok for right now but I can take it back apart later & polish it. I have a regular buffer & don't know if it will work with some extra wheels & some greaseless compound but I'm thinking it would work for now until I build me a buffer which is what I would like to do. Roy, cudarunner, sent me his plans quite awhile back. I have then saved in a file. If I remember right, this scale material started out as black but as I got them thinner, they have a transparency to them. You can actually see the blade through them. I used to use Mother's to hand polish new scales but I found that Maas works a lot better & is more glossy even though Mother's does do a good job.

Those came out very well. the shape is really nice. I like the minimum polished gleam of them.
Are they horn?
~Richard

Yes Richard, they are horn. Thank you for your compliments always!

They turned out well Steve.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

They turned out well Steve.

Thank you Jamie!

Looks great! The old blade looks swell as-is, IMO.

Originally Posted by engine46

I decided to make a new pair of scales for my old W. Greaves blade for now. A person whom I won't mention was doing some blade regrinds for me a few months ago but told me some family issues arose & that he would not be able to do anymore for awhile or I'd have at least had him polish this blade for me. It is ok for right now but I can take it back apart later & polish it. I have a regular buffer & don't know if it will work with some extra wheels & some greaseless compound but I'm thinking it would work for now until I build me a buffer which is what I would like to do. Roy, cudarunner, sent me his plans quite awhile back. I have then saved in a file. If I remember right, this scale material started out as black but as I got them thinner, they have a transparency to them. You can actually see the blade through them. I used to use Mother's to hand polish new scales but I found that Maas works a lot better & is more glossy even though Mother's does do a good job.

Beautiful scales - I love the shape.

Very nice work indeed. They look great on that blade!

Thank you Pori

Is it a good shaver?