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Hold that thought until the owner has it and gives it a shave or three. Your irritation could have been from a gojillion things other than a bad hone. The slightest misappropriation of pressure,...

This was a great thread.. thanks for taking time to document it. When in the heat of battle in a project it's not easy to remember to stop and document things.. Glad you did..

Lessons learned.. ...

Smokin!!

Love the color of the horn. That might be my favorite material for scales.

So, just a thought on the different size of the scales..

There is a bit you can buy for full size routers and no doubt a jig or bit you can make to work with the Dremel, that makes following a...

Looks awesome... The honing step is a love/thing. I still don't know how I feel about it.

I have a few small ball peen hammers.. hve yet to find a 4oz. But I have a jewelers hammer that I...

Nice idea to tip the Dremel for the bevels.. The result is a uniformly beveled edge.

Did you do anything to thin them?

Looking good. Next time, try the thinning step before you do the contour step, especially if your edges/cuts are true. You'll have more material sitting on the bench. Just my $0.02.

I do the same..

I may be wrong, but I was told CA's original use was for medics in the field.. rather than trying to stitch a little dab of CA glue closes the wound.

Looks fine like that.

Always good to have options..

If it were mine, I would go with the 'almost matching' back side scale. Mis-matching the vintage front with a new back wouldn't work for me. Credible patina and...