Thread: Favorite Scale Material

As for favorite scale material mine is bone or ivory. Old, stained and aged. I would like to actually hold a set of blond horn. Wood just does not do it for me and I don't care for any of the new materials.

Grind and size? 1/4 hollow to wedge, 5/8 to 6/8 and an oblique point.

Zacsdaddy

Lately I've been digging on the bigger blades with thin grinds. I'm not a fan of round points, but I am open to any interesting points even with a small toe radius. I am a wood person always have been, always will be. I like horn, but hate the delamination. I like the colors of some plastics and own mostly variations of such, but they seem so fake. I own ivory, but don't care. I think bone looks dirty where the pores are although one could fill those with colored epoxy, it might look cool. Sorry started typing my thoughts.

basil,

Smooth polished Rams horn; Mr Neil Miller of www.strop-shop.co.uk has re-scaled a few of my razors in this material, and it is just beautiful

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Nuthin' sexier than cracked ice! Give it to me baby! I like horn for a more traditional look on the older blades.

wait.. so can someone tell me what g10 is?

I like all different grinds of razors, from wedge to full hollow. They all shave differently, and I really like the variety in the way they feel...!

In terms of scales, I like most things. Glens acrylic scales are very striking, I love the organic look of things like horn, bone and wood, and I also really like the modern looking scales like carbon fibre and micarta. The only thing I dont like are plasticy looking scales; Thats not to say I have anything against plastic scales, but I dont like them to look plasticy!

I like the idea of bone of some kind or a wood like ebony. I`ve got a load of Mahogany I`m making rifle stocks with at the moment, I may well make a few sets of scales aswell being as I`ve got some currently useless razors here...

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

wait.. so can someone tell me what g10 is?

Try this link: G10 FR4, Micarta®, Garolite, Copper Clad, Tube, Rod - JJ Orly.

When I get started on my Muzzleloaders I'll save the scrap wood for scales as well. Even though most wood scales do little for me, there are some FINE woods out there that really shine. I'm still sanding down my sets of Manzaneta wood from my folks ranch, see what happens.

My favorits though are pretty much on the organic side of things. Horn, bone and such, plastics are functional and all but leave me flat and thats no fun...

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

My favorite scale material is black horn. I also like black plastic. I imagine I would like ebony, but I have never had any ebony scales.

What good taste you have, holli. I would only add that I like bone (especially blackened) too, but your post nails my favorites, even down to the comment on ebony.