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Thank you Euclid!
I'm going to stabilize some interesting spalted birch and burls I have for scales and was planning on recessing the holes to make them as flush with the scales as possible.

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I’ve been busy with working a few jobs & other non-razor making stuff, but I’ve continued to study everything I can find about razor (and knife making), shaping metal, heat treating, finishes, etc...

I ended up making the holes bigger in the examples I posted pics of to accommodate barrel pivots which are 3/16 I think. I ensured theres a nice snug fit with them when I was drilling.

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Thank you so much! That really helped me to change my perspective. Reading that I kicked myself with a bit of a "duh" moment, haha. Looks like I got carried away with making it look...

I’ve gotten the edge down to 1mm. Hopefully that’s not too thin.
Thinner than that I’d fear warping during heat treat.

and spine view:
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I've been shaving with a straight exclusively since this past December and have been silently lurking in this forum sponging up any information and answers to my questions since then. Any question I...