Thread: Razor scales - Let's get creative!

Originally Posted by miha

Llooks great! do the CA layers and different wood dust create a 3D layer like effect, maybe more CA layers should be inbetween in order to achieve this effect?

That's a great idea. I think 3 or 4 layers of clear CA to begin with, then moving on to the next colored layer, again followed by enough clear CA, then moving to a different color layer.... I will try this at some point for sure.

Edited to add a current photo of the scales.

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Dang Outback! I thought this had something to do with cracking around the pins.. This never happened to me. Perhaps my scales don't bend as much during normal use, or perhaps it's just the CA. I use this stuff:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...819972&alt=web

I agree it looks cool, kinda like the cracking on vintage guitars, done with nitro-cellulose lacquer.

Yep... Same stuff.
Mine came as a kit.

I'm thinking, if anything bends and flexes it would be this exact set of scales. I put up a pic I just took, right above your post. Not a single, tinniest crack and I keep changing blades in these scales regularly. I used only the glue and not the activator.. (just trying to figure out what might be different in our processes).

Possible wood types ?
The yellow & purple are hart wood.
The other and shorty are African Padauk.

And I used the activator on all of them.
The shorty has the greatest flex , per length of scale

Cant see how wood would affect it. I've done a set in bocote, pretty thin and flexible. The activator though... I'm not sure, I've never used it. If you do another set, could you try without?

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Cant see how wood would affect it. I've done a set in bocote, pretty thin and flexible. The activator though... I'm not sure, I've never used it. If you do another set, could you try without?

My thoughts exactly.
Only got one more to hone.
( put it together today with used scales. ) my last set. So im gonna have to make some , for some other blades I have.
+ a birdy told me there were a few on their way soon as well.[emoji6]

It's a 6/8th Tower Brand #77, full hollow.

I started on a long overdue set of scales for a Griffon carbo magnetic. Decided a month ago it was gonna be antler. Here is a progress pic. Now, I was having a real hard time thinning the bone. I have a new idea, so will try that next... Basically, my belt sander does virtually nothing, if I lay the scale flat on it (which I need to do, obviously). The bone quickly gets hot, it becomes soft, the belt loads with hot, soft dust, clogs up, you get the picture... So I'm thinking I'll make a few cuts on the flat side to attempt and reduce contact and friction. That should do the trick, hopefully. This is my first attempt at the antler, so I'm not expecting flawless execution... Close to perfect will do, for now