G10 Modification

[MrHouston]

I bought a set of G10 Jerry Stark scales from @Phoenix51. They are beautiful red.

I have a large Joseph Rogers blade to rescale. Now Jerry uses screws that require a larger hole, so I drilled out the hole while I was waiting for delivery. The scales arrived and I couldn’t get the scales to work on my blade — that was already drilled out.

As pictured below, the blade wouldn’t stay closed. Pic 1 shows that if I forced it closed then released it, it would open this far. I came to realize that Jerry’s razors have a straight or straighter tang than my blade. And even though the scales have a proper wedge, the scales just won’t bend how I need them to. G10 is so rigid.







I tried so many alternatives. Finally, here is how I resolved it. I later shortened the screws and the post that serve as the pivot.