Thread: ebay scales

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a matched pair of Joseph Elliots for Barbers Use that I have been working on and off for the last year and a half. I made the second pair of scales today, and carved a bone pair for another Elliot on Thursday, it had been on my bench for six months. I understand about the wavering commitment. They will always wait for use. I have about thirty blades waiting for scales.

i kinda bounce between projects, to what ever grabs my attention at the time, so i have a quite a few on the go. that in-between work and all the other bits of life

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a matched pair of Joseph Elliots for Barbers Use that I have been working on and off for the last year and a half. I made the second pair of scales today, and carved a bone pair for another Elliot on Thursday, it had been on my bench for six months. I understand about the wavering commitment. They will always wait for use. I have about thirty blades waiting for scales.

Same here......................I have so many blades needing scales. I have plenty of scale material, just need the time to do it.

its been a long while since any progress! but here is some! i hope there are a few people still watching the thread



this is the scale that i splintered a bit while shaping it. i used epoxy mixed with some of the powder of the scales from when i was thinning them down. there is a little colour difference but the rest of the fit is pretty seamless.



these are the lead wedges cut out. from here i drilled the holes in the wedges and then superglued them onto one of pair for each set of scales. (also made sure that the razor fitted in!) then cut them even closer to the scale shape and then filed them to fit.



i sanded each of the scales with 800grit and started to pin them together with silver nickel. i rubbed dubbin on the inside of the scale as a part water proofing and part protectant.



all pinned up, filed the wedges to fit exactly and sanded the wedges to 800



this is 1000 grit on the left and 800 grit on the right. currently hoping that the grey marks from the lead on the scales themselves will come off as i continue sanding.

from here i need to continue sanding them all to 1000 grit, then all of them to 2000 grit and then i will use blue magic polish on them to make the shine! (don't worry i have been running heaps of tests on the spare bone wedges that came with them)

i have done absolutely nothing on the razors themselves. my goal is to have them shiny but not immaculate, i like to see some of the pits and wear on them (just shined up)

Looking good Dooey
The lead should sand off alright
I usually leave the lead wedge a fraction bigger and peen it to fit the scales tighter then sand the final shape to match the scale

It should be ok as long as the splintered side is on the inside. It shouldn't be very noticeable that way.

Originally Posted by engine46

It should be ok as long as the splintered side is on the inside. It shouldn't be very noticeable that way.

Unfortunately not. I made it worse than the picture that I put up when I first tried to fix it so it is actually through both sides of the scale. Not perfect but it will do.

I've tried to do something similar, I'm sanding down to fit now. They look nice, I think the lead should clean off, even at 1000 grit.

There does not look like a lot of taper on the wedges, whack is not important if there is not a lot of taper on the razor tangs. Have you done a test fit with the blades using machine screws? You have come a long way on this project. Some take a little longer to finish than others, and this is a pretty good sized project. Thanks for the update!

Originally Posted by RezDog

There does not look like a lot of taper on the wedges, whack is not important if there is not a lot of taper on the razor tangs. Have you done a test fit with the blades using machine screws? You have come a long way on this project. Some take a little longer to finish than others, and this is a pretty good sized project. Thanks for the update!

Many many test fits. Test fit adjustment test fit adjustment test fit adjustment. They fit and work. Yeah big project for myself, doubt I will do anything similar for a long long time

You are so very close. the end is near. It will be pretty awesome when you have it done. Nice work.

Just need the time to!!