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That's a pretty good looking design :). One thin I would do is round off all of the corners a bit on the pivot end. It's amazing how uncomfortable even small rounded corners can be in a shaving...

I feel your pain!!

Two nights ago:

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I mostly make high end kitchen knives, and stabilized wood is a requirement. Turns out, it makes sense for razor scales as well, as the environments aren't a lot different for the most part. Chef's...

This is why I only use wood I've had stabilized at K&G.

I've actually to this point only ever used spalted/burl wood. It can definitely be finicky though. I have horn...but I hate working it lol. Up to this point I've only ever used it for kitchen knife...

Save them for a shorter razor one day?

Lots of good points in this thread. I've cracked one set of scales in pinning, and I was bent for two days lol. I actually glued them back together though...