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Yeah, my problem was that the little washers/cups didn't fit over the end of the pins, so they kept popping off when I would hit them, so I tried w/o the washers and that sucked. So I got lots more...

Sad to say, but that was scrap buckeye burl! I had used the rest for a kitchen knife handle and had this long, thin piece left sitting in my drawer of scraps, so I split and flattened it for scales....

I ordered some more pinning stuff and also found some pinning stuff and washers at McMaster Carr. I also found tiny little nuts and 0-80 threaded rod, so I redid this one with the threaded rod and...

Yes, it was stabilized, I believe it was K&G stabilized. It was a leftover piece of the block I used for a knife handle a while back. Some of the blocks are wider than I need and I am left with a...

IIRC the scales are around 3/32"up front, maybe a bit less, 5/32" towards the middle and taper back down in the back. There is good flex in the front end, but not the back. Where the pins are is...

Some pics I took inside. You can see the crack near the front pin in the closed pic. Will making the scales thinner and using a wedge help with the tension issue? Or should I go to 2 pins on the...

Well, I was in the shop and decided to try a set of Buckeye Burl handle scales out of some scrap for the Magnetosteel razor that I shorted by 1/4" or so. I used a .090" thick ivory Micarta spacer...