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Scale/Tang Width/Alignment
Not sure if this should be in the workshop or the razors thread. If it is in the wrong spot hopefully it can be moved. Anyway someone replied to one of my posts and it reminded of something that I have been thinking about for awhile now. When I first started making scales I read that the width of the pivot end should be about the width of the tang, but never said anything about the alignment. I guess if the scales are too wide or to curved might mess with stropping when opened all the way. So I was looking at my razors that I use that still have the original scales and the widths and alignment are all different. I guess certain manufacturers have the own requirements. Here are 7 of my razors in my rotation from different makers and countries that have original scales. Granted some of them have been repined to clean up the scales. I've opened them all up in a position that is comfortable to strop to me. You can notice the differences in widths and how they line up. Some the tang/scale widths are almost even and some are alittle bigger. Some the tail protrudes from the scales while some doesn't. The Washington razor the scales are quite noticeably wider, but the tang is longer than the rest and allows for easier stropping. It also has the longest blade of all my razors and total length is the longest. If the tang was shorter I think it would cause a problem for me. The one thing that I found in common is how the alignment of the bottom of the scales to the top of the razor. There isn't much variation there. I remember when I first made scales some were curved quite a bit and it messed with my hand position when stropping. Now all of this is my opinion on how I hold the scales and place my fingers. I am curious as to how others are holding the scales and what they find comfortable as well as what your likes are when making a set of scales if you make them. Also curious if anyone has any razors that have scales that are quite abit larger or curved more than others. Since not everyone holds the razors exactly the same there might be some differences in placement where the alignments change.
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