Thread: The Butchered Blade

Originally Posted by outback

Yeah their pretty thick, haven't done anything to them yet.
Hopefully were talking about the Antonberg.

Yep, the Anton Berg...I'm digging the logs that you humped out of the forest to scale that razor

My first few sets of scales were pretty chunky. It took a couple of swings and a miss to get things right. The very first pair I made with a wedge and chunky wood and could not get them to close on the razor, it was just too big of a gap.

Originally Posted by RezDog

My first few sets of scales were pretty chunky. It took a couple of swings and a miss to get things right. The very first pair I made with a wedge and chunky wood and could not get them to close on the razor, it was just too big of a gap.

That was the same thing with me on the W&B with the steamship on it that I made the bone scales for. They were just too damn thick so I kept making them thinner until they were like Ivory & they worked out really nice.

Originally Posted by RezDog

My first few sets of scales were pretty chunky. It took a couple of swings and a miss to get things right. The very first pair I made with a wedge and chunky wood and could not get them to close on the razor, it was just too big of a gap.

They're not to bad actually, but their uneaven and wont stand up.

I made them from teak wood

Here are a couple of pictures of one half homemade scales that I think are really cool in their own way. Some one said OH----!

I wonder what the story behind them is????

I wish I had a picture with me. I have a Torrey razor with one side of the scales black plastic and the other in oak. One pin looks recycle and the other I am sure was made from a nail. Necessity is the mother of invention I suppose. Someone needed it fixed and took it as far as it needed to be in order to keep things working. I will not be changing my scales any time soon and as far as I am concerned is a big part of the value in the razor.

Before and after, so to speak. The scales it came with look to be made of a broomstick.

Originally Posted by Arbroath

Before and after, so to speak. The scales it came with look to be made of a broomstick.

Nothing wrong at all with your scales but I personally would have left them in the old scales.

Originally Posted by 32t

Here are a couple of pictures of one half homemade scales that I think are really cool in their own way. Some one said OH----!

I wonder what the story behind them is????

Nothing wrong with that. They were using what they had at hand! It would be nice if you could fill the hole in with something or put something in it like some kind of small medallion or just leave 'em like they are. They have character! I like the design on the scale that wasn't homemade.

Originally Posted by 32t

Nothing wrong at all with your scales but I personally would have left them in the old scales.

I considered it. But the original scales weighed almost nothing. The blade at 8/8 1/4 hollow needed something heavier to balance out.