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Absolutly,is more to making scales than meets the eye,are lots of perameters envolved,not just pinning two pces of wood together.

One of the most Important aspects of stropping is, IMO, blade tension,That blade has to be tight in the scales (to a point)for me the tighter the better.A loose Floppy blade will Kill stropping every...

So true,scale Ergonomics are very often overlooked in favor of wild and crazy.

Obviously second from the Rgt would be a pita to strop.
I believe in what the old farts did so when I do a re-scale I copy Exact from the orig scales.
Not a fan of some of the fancy stuff people do...