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    Had a Wapi blade kicking around for some time and finally got around to making scales for it. The scale material is from a small red kitchen cutting board. The wedge is a piece of white Teflon I had lying around but it has to be redone as it is too wide one the inboard end. The blade was also a guinea pig for a little cold blue experiment a bit previously. As a bonud, it turns out that It is a very nice shaver,

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    Good job, the scales look really nice!

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    Great work, scale material is nice, good way to recycle!Enjoy!

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    Picked up 3 of those cutting boards in different colours at the Sally Anne for 69 cents each. Might even save one for use as a cutting board.

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    Looks like plenty of grip as well. Good thinking "Outside of the box" Bob
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    Yea, as a matter of fact it sorta reminds me of the textured scales on a Victorinox pocket knife I had.

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    Nice job on the mcguyver scales. I do like the texturing of the cutting board.
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    Looks like we will be going with a flat piece of shim stock for the edge on this McGuyer project instead of the Teflon wedge that was fitted. Call it field expedient.

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    Perfect use for your cold blue experiment,

    I love the contrast, bold and subtle at the same time.

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    Scratch plan B for the wedge but plan C works. A flat piece of opaque nylon did the trick. Now to clean up the mess.

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