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Finnished my first pair of scales today! :)
I bought the razor cheep online and was also one of the first razors I honed myself. It had a some ugly plastic scales so this is defenitely a upgrade! ;)
The wood is guayacan that my father brought home from Ecuador once.
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looks very fine. well done for first set of scales, hope when I get round to trying they end up anywhere near as good.
Lovely work! Have never seen scales crafted from this wood. Very nice streak pattern.
Nice job! :tu
Much nicer than my first ones...
Nice pining job to boot!
Next set try and thin them down more. It helps with the overall look.
Really nice job.
Shape looks great. For future reference if you are going to make more scales, it is better to use a wedge rather than spacer. When spacer is used the scales may bow in with time. With a wedge, the scales will not deform.
Nice clean lines and very cool looking wood.
AKA lignum Vitae,on the Janka scale,one of the hardest woods known.they look great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tymus
Beautiful set of scales, thank you for sharing your work,,,,:tu
Good looking work. I wish my first would have looked that good.
Charlie
Yah, don't worry Charlie. You got better!Quote:
Originally Posted by spazola
Thank you for all the positive feedback!
I notised that the holes i drilled for the pivot pin isnt exactly on the same spot on both sides, this couses the razor to lean to one side a little bit, and if im not observant on this the edge toutches the scale when i close it. So next time I will drill both holes at one time with the scales taped together!
Already looking forward to my next pair of scales! Next time Ill make them of masur birch from our own forest :)
