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Nice looking scales, though. Can you unpin the wedge and shorten it enough? Otherwise, you could build another set of scales and use these for your next blade.

Have you handled, say, 12AWG copper...

Varnishing the steel would protect you at the outer surface, but not if any moisture managed to wick in past the wedge. Plus, you'll have your blade resting on the hinge pin. If the blade hole is big...

Those are really nice looking scales!

I'd suggest something other than copper; once you get some water on it and the steel, it'll try to be a battery and you'll get corrosion. Copper's kind of...

Nice work!

Hi phoenix,

Sorry to hear about your scales. Can you epoxy the damage?

Be really, really careful with the Dremel. There have been lots of stories here (and pictures too) of damage done by...

You can put some polish (I use Flitz, and know nothing of Barkeeper's Friend) on a piece of ribbon and work that between the scales to get the yuck out. Some people use dental floss around the pins....

I agree with hi bud--looks like the bone scales I've got on one razor.

I've dremeled off the heads of pins, and the pins get awfully hot from the friction. Plus, if you don't have a really sure...