Made more scales

Okay, Here is another round of scales. I tried to incorporate all the input from previous scales.

Many will recognize this material as Tan Canvas Micarta.

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great looking set of scales pete! whats the wedge material? everything looks nice and tight.

Now ya got it.!!!
Those are lookin great.[emoji482]

Looking good! You did a great job on the wedge!!

Nice work!

Yessir, those flow well.
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Wedge size and spine spacing are nice. Congrats.

That stuff is like the absolute perfect fit and functional material for straight's. The color totally belongs if you know what I mean.
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Very nice very symmetric. Looks like the blade closes off center, is the blade warped or an issue else wise?

Thanks gentlemen. It has taken a lot of skill set development to get this far.

The wedge is horn.

ejmolitor37 noticed that the blade is not centered. That pic is small and I'm glad he noticed.

I'm going to check out this article and will post back once I identify the issue.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...lade_Centering

How is micarta to work with?

Wow, nice work on the scales, wedge and pinning!

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Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

How is micarta to work with?

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That is a really good question. I'll start another thread on the topic of Micarta and will share my experience.

very nice ..

Good job, Pete

Good job Pete. You got it now!
With the wedge, do I see a second material in there or is it just the light or camera?
Theirs no way you can go back to sloppy or non-perfect building of scales and wedges now. We will expect top notch quality building for now on!
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I think you have surpass my abilities.
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Originally Posted by Gasman

Good job Pete. You got it now!
With the wedge, do I see a second material in there or is it just the light or camera?
Theirs no way you can go back to sloppy or non-perfect building of scales and wedges now. We will expect top notch quality building for now on!
:rofl2:

I think you have surpass my abilities.
:bow

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Thanks for the compliments Jerry. Yes, you do see two materials. Maybe some folks will have feedback on this. The wedge is horn. I didn't want spend hours on a perfect fit, so there is some super glue in there as well.

The picture in this thread is highly magnified. You can't see the super glue with naked eyes.

As I have learned, lead is both historical and easy. I'm enjoying this so much that I'm thinking toward a hobby business around scales - not a day job, but a way to have some fun.

I'm working to figure out an easy way to do wedges without lead. By law, you can't jewelry with lead in California. I feel sure that would apply here. Also, some folks would be concerned about lead just because it can be toxic.

Very nice and inspirational. I'm about to adventure into scale making as my next restoration-learning step. It's good to see what time, patience, persistence and practice can produce!

Nice work, very nice work!