Hi, Thanks for the help. I am posting pictures of the scales. I do not smell anything from the scales. I will clean the blade tomorrow and isolate the blade from the scales as much as I can. On the picture showing the wedge, the upper edge of the scales looks like it has tiny cracks in the material itself, as well as along the back side of the scales. I could not feel any of the cracks. Thanks again. Name:  IMG_0437.jpg
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