Thread: Project. My first horn scales

Scales look great and I think this will look real good when finished.

No help on the razor though, will be here watching

If this are some of your first you're doing great!

Awesome work on the scales. I love horn scales.

Originally Posted by Walterbowens

Awesome work on the scales. I love horn scales.

I find I love Horn as well. Might have to order some more, soon. thanks.

Nice work on the scales. It is surprisingly easy to reverse a pattern on a set of book matched scales. Mark the insides of each scale before cutting, then glue them together and shape.

Make sure of the orientation before you cut.

Lead is the traditional spacer material for horn scales. You can buy 1/8-inch lead from hobby stores, for sail plane weights. Glue onto a stick with double sided tape or one of the scales and shape on sandpaper. Just takes a few minutes.

You should re-shape that heel before you put it on the scales. The Stabilizer is probably responsible for the heel hone ware and the uneven edge.

Bring the edge corner forward of the stabilizer.

Originally Posted by Addison

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Nice work, beautiful color. Please post the finished product.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Nice work on the scales. It is surprisingly easy to reverse a pattern on a set of book matched scales. Mark the insides of each scale before cutting, then glue them together and shape.

Make sure of the orientation before you cut.

Lead is the traditional spacer material for horn scales. You can buy 1/8-inch lead from hobby stores, for sail plane weights. Glue onto a stick with double sided tape or one of the scales and shape on sandpaper. Just takes a few minutes.

You should re-shape that heel before you put it on the scales. The Stabilizer is probably responsible for the heel hone ware and the uneven edge.

Bring the edge corner forward of the stabilizer.

I hadnt noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I got some stones comming in the mail so ill wait till i get them then work on the heal next weekend. Its just a little amount that i see should come off. Might post up a pic of my heal fix idea.

Guess ill get some lwad for the wedge and try again. Looks like this project will be longer than i thought. Thats ok. Ill post up what i got now mocked up with mucro fasteners. But finished will be a while. Now i can start on another. Cool.

Thanks all for the input and propson the horn.

These were the weights I was able to find at the hobby store. Just barely big enough. If I could melt them of flatten them just a little would be better. Guess I'll see how it comes out.


And here is what I'm thinking on the heal of the razor...
Getting rid of all the red ink. Well, maybe just a little less at the edge.

I make lead wedges out of pure lead round balls that are used for black powder shooting. I flatten and taper them by hammering and then finish on sandpaper. Keep the sandpaper wet to minimize airborne lead particles.

Originally Posted by sqzbxr

I make lead wedges out of pure lead round balls that are used for black powder shooting. I flatten and taper them by hammering and then finish on sandpaper. Keep the sandpaper wet to minimize airborne lead particles.

.36 cal maxi works great too.
Mine are of bullet lead ,harder, and stays clean longer. This one was poured 4-5 yrs. ago.