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That's what I did. When my FW Engels blade broke, the Boker was smaller and thinner, so I had/chose to sand down the non glued side to get the blade to sit right. I got the idea from a how-to article...

I glued the spacer with wood glue to one side of the scales so it would stay flush after sanding. I'll make sure to do the same with the wedges!

It was a challenging, but a very rewarding project. If you have an older one, or one you find on ebay, that you dont mind experimenting with, Id say go for it!

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I have no qualms with admitting there are many, many men smarter than me. I have a lot to learn in this niche and Im excited to learn. When doing my initial research, I found a lot of "how-to's" on...

There seems to be a lot of opinions on the wedge. Im definitely going to play with it in the future to see if I can get the hang of it! :hmmm:

My apologies for not being clear, I meant I'll play with it on the next one!

Okay I'll have to go back and research it more. I know what I did wrong so I'll look into correcting it properly.

The scales are curly maple. I sanded them to 400, then put 5 coats of polyurethane on, sanding with 320 between each coat.

Thanks! I messed up there. I drilled the hole too far toward the middle of the scales so when I tightened the screws during mock up, it didn't have the leverage to "wedge" the wood.
I'm not sure if...

Hey Workshop! So I finally finished my restoration. If you've seen my other posts, I broke the original blade for the scales I was making. I had a Boker with broken scales so I merged the two. With a...