Thread: Material for Scales

I'm likeing wood and horn myself.

I prefer ivory, horn, and some woods. Silver is nice, even if it does throw off the balance...

For woods: olive wood is probably one of my favorites, as well as pink ivory. Not a big fan of snakewood.

Horn: that Oryx from RW looks great. But "regular" works too.

I try to avoid celluloid but nevertheless have a number of them. Several of my favorite shavers wear it

MOP and abalone: it's fun to look; while I am not adamant, I think it's too much for my keeper razors...

Cheers
Ivo

I like wood because I can make wooden scales myself.

With snakewoods reputation to shrink and check... I'd avoid it as well.

Originally Posted by izlat

Not a big fan of snakewood.

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

With snakewoods reputation to shrink and check... I'd avoid it as well.

I LOVE snakewood! I wanted to put it on a custom someday, but after hearing that it shrinks and checks i might have to reconsider

Originally Posted by edk442

I LOVE snakewood! I wanted to put it on a custom someday, but after hearing that it shrinks and checks i might have to reconsider

If it's dry when you put it on, it'll be fine. You could say that about any wood.

and now i'm hooked on snakewood again!