Thread: Help with scales.

Ok I'll will look on there. Thank you.

IMO Hoover if you care to retain historical and antique value I guess I would say put back what was there and keep it stock. Never worked with antler but I imagine it would be similar to bone. Not sure though. Horn is simple to work. He'll if you're not worried about value then pick what catches your eye

Lovely blade... A real beauty..

I would say use wood. It's easy to work with and gives the best finishes in my opinion.
Rosewood or Cocobolo are two great woods

I've Bought from Austin Kennedy before. Got some good blanks in horn. And a fair price.

So I've been looking into making scales. And so far I've came to the conclusion that I wouldn't have all the tools to do it. I'm sure I could do it but without the right equipment I doubt it.

The tools needed are your mitts and a cheap scroll saw hand held and sand paper and a hand held drill. That's really about all I use and yea its time consuming but you can do a lot with a little.

These were made by hand. I do have a band saw, that being said the horn were done all by hand from .250" down to about .114" the bone I cut with the band saw then shaped and polished by hand.

Yep. My first couple sets were with hand tools and a drill. It can be done. Id say the hardest part for me was making the wedge as its small and hard to sand. A jig can be made for it but i still havent made one.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ales-hand.html
This is a good start. You can get a lot of shaping done in a really short time with a scraper.
Bahco Scraper - Lee Valley Tools
You will be surprised as to how few tools you actually need.