Show us your scales!

So my razors are pretty generic. Black C&S scales, Faux wood Engles Leader, and yellow acrylic Genco. Blah. The Faux wood is kinda cool. The yellow acrylic is like the color of older turn signals. But nothing special.

So I thought I'd start a thread for guys to show off their unique or particularly sharp looking scales. Bright colors, wood grains, shapes, materials, carvings, etc. Whatever you have that's not the generic blacks or blondes.

Here are mine, simply b/c I'm starting the thread and figure it's only fair.

Many pretty razors I've put together, probably not the direction you were thinking, but I have a warm spot for this one.

It was marked $10 at an antique mall, but found out it was 30% off day when I got to the check out. I think the worm holes adds tons of character to this $7.00 Sheffield MJ Higgins

http://straightrazors.me/str8pics/higgins/higgins.jpg

(following is edit/added after orig post)

Felt lucky to find . Original scales on Checker Wedge. Celluloid glitter scales

http://straightrazors.me/Restores/Pa...0/IMG_2230.jpg

I figured I should post a few unusual ones I made. For those that may not have seen these:

First is Joseph Elliot with real gold scales, made with gold flakes
http://straightrazors.me/str8pics/jelliotgold/2.jpg

Next Krusis Brothers Printed Circuit Board scales
http://straightrazors.me//str8pics/cbkb/4.jpg

I agree. I'm digging the worm holes. No pun intended.

Here are a few I have rescaled and some I have not. Rescales are rescues from junk shop trash. These are all Sheffield's.
Respectfully
~Richard
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...es/MayI525.jpg

Im tired of black or cream. I hate the bamboo

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Originally Posted by simpleman

Im tired of black or cream. I hate the bamboo

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The bamboo looks to me like a human finger bone...which is kind of cool, until you find out its bamboo and not some type of bone.

The worm holes look cool, and the green scales jump out at my eye...might have to pick one of those up...down the road. I've overextended my razor budget for now.

Hi there,

This is one of my first posts, if not the very first one, so I'll introduce myself a little ... I'm in Paris France, and I've been playing around with vintage blades and custom scaling for about a year now and I thought this thread should be a nice place to show some of my work.

For now I've been using almost exclusively acrylic and some brass and aluminium spacers/wedges (white pins are silver), trying to bring something a little bit more elaborate than the usual.

Here are some pictures :

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/3293/p9vz.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/3455/itgr.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/6339/bjnl.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img580/9132/x059.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img191/2996/1ll5.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/7053/1p4v.jpg

Tbc...

http://imageshack.us/a/img842/1567/g7bi.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/3788/jlux.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img707/3192/p4ll.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img10/8987/20121231184309.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img15/5052/q08g.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img6/1259/n5av.jpg

I hope you will appreciate ..
Thanks for watching.

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Originally Posted by oxomoxo

Hi there,

This is one of my first posts, if not the very first one, so I'll introduce myself a little ... I'm in Paris France, and I've been playing around with vintage blades and custom scaling for about a year now and I thought this thread should be a nice place to show some of my work.

For now I've been using almost exclusively acrylic and some brass and aluminium spacers/wedges (white pins are silver), trying to bring something a little bit more elaborate than the usual.

Here are some pictures :

http://imageshack.us/a/img690/3293/p9vz.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img12/3455/itgr.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img856/6339/bjnl.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img580/9132/x059.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img191/2996/1ll5.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/7053/1p4v.jpg

Tbc...

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ok, holy crap those are pretty hot! though i must ask, how do you layer/stripe em? for that matter where are you getting acrylic over here? ive thought about playing with some acrylic, but cant seem to find anything here in DE other than ebay....

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Originally Posted by oxomoxo

I hope you will appreciate ..
Thanks for watching.

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Very nice and pleasantly unusual! I worked with Acrylic all my working years, I salute you. Lamination that good is hard to acheive consistently!
~Richard

They are in my other post but here are the 2 I have pictures of right now.Attachment 139768

Here's a few I've made over the last few years.

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps579bf9ef.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps4bf4968f.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps6d8c240e.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps49dfc2e7.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps183e4aa2.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps81e67b66.jpg

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps6c852159.jpg

I've made the scales for these 3 and I am in the process of finishing the 4th
The frameback scales are direct copies of the originals in ebony with a bone spacer
The second one is a 7/8 graves razor in bone with an ebony wedge
The third is a henckels 8/8 in red oak with a bone spacer
And the fourth is an IXL that is going to be dressed in dark horn with a brass spacer.

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Originally Posted by Munichjoe

ok, holy crap those are pretty hot!

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Hi Munichjoe, thanks :)

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Originally Posted by Munichjoe

or that matter where are you getting acrylic over here? ive thought about playing with some acrylic, but cant seem to find anything here in DE other than ebay...

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Yep, On ebay, as for most retailed raw materiel, the price is prohibitive ... Acrylic is a very common material, and should be available locally near you (crafts store, home improvement) if no success try asking your local sign maker for a hint ...

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Originally Posted by Geezer

Very nice and pleasantly unusual! I worked with Acrylic all my working years, I salute you. Lamination that good is hard to acheive consistently!
~Richard

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Hi Geezer, thanks again, I can confirm that, laminating acrylic involves a lot of very itchy variables that makes it difficult. What have you been doing with acrylic for so many years ?

Rather than continue to hijack this thread,
I suggest that a new thread be started! Those photos and the info are plenty enough reason and the possibility of construction details is more than enough reason for doing so.
Perhaps a new thread in the "Workshop" area would be correct. And later an addition to the Wiki would be great.

Or, if the Moderators would move this one and re-title it?? "Laminated Acrylic Scales"???
~Richard

For those that make alot of scales this isa great tool IMO
STEWMAC.COM : Luthiers Friend Sanding Station

I'm usually not one to display my work but I just couldn't resist............

Attachment 139806

My newest TI.

Y'all have seen these already, but...

Ivory and tortoise on brass:

Attachment 139836

My go at pique-pin in brown horn (yet to find a blade):

Attachment 139837

Other than that I've been pretty traditional.

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Y'all have seen these already, but...
Ivory and tortoise on brass:
Other than that I've been pretty traditional.

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Those are beautiful!!
~Richard

Attachment 139868
I am very happy with the way these turned out. Cocobolo. The one in the front has my signature finger notch.