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yeah- they're definitely a little fat. I'd say a little more than 3/16" at their fattest. I think I could make that thinner the next time out. I'll have to measure my threaded inserts and drill...

oh yeah- and here's the wedge. I photoshopped it a little just to show how wide the gap is.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/kenneyty/wedge.jpg

Allright- finally finished the scales...well almost. This was my first attempt at making scales ever. I'm pretty happy with the hidden pins. Came out pretty nice. My piece of Wenge had some weird...

Haha- Easy, Sam!

Wait 'til you see the finish on it before you give me too much credit!:rofl2:

I do have some left over Wenge, but it doesn't have the cool zebra grain that these had. Much...

Yeah- didn't want em super thick, and I thought throwing some contour in there might bring out some interesting grain. They feel nice that way too.

Finally got these bad boys shaped and sanded. You can see here the not-quite-finished results of my "pinless scales". When finished there will only be one visible hole on the back side of the pivot...

Glen was nice enough to take on honing this baby up and it'll take a spin in the tumbler for a few days. In the mean time, it occurred to me that I might be able to make a "pinless" razor. Not that...

Found some polishing compound at my local Pep Boys - Blue Magic Metal Polish (stinky stuff!) and went at it with the dremel polishing wheel. Only did one application, but so far not overly impressed...

Getting in to the fray on restorations. For my first endeavor- a WB The celebrated I bought off of Hi_Bug_GL here in the classifieds (many thanks!). The razor came as promised, with the blade in...