Thread: Scale liners

And Jerry, I would try the G10 spacer/liner material. It won't add a much weight as metal but still be strong.
If I had more I would have included some. Hope the material works out.

g10, or metal,,, if your smacking your blade into the liner then something is wrong to start with

I've come across two other types of liner.

One is vulcanized paper, which I use on knives. It's nice in that you can cut it with a pair of scissors and it doesn't create toxic dust like G-10. I haven't used it on razor scales as it isn't as strong as G-10.

There is also a paper Micarta liner that is 1/32 thick. It hadn't occurred to me before this thread to use metal. I don't have a good way to cut it right now, though it would be nice to not have to use G-10. I see that you can get stainless in 1/32 thickness.

Jantz, knifemaking.com, has all of this stuff. They are good folks to deal with.

Outback effectively made super thin G-10 by epoxying fiberglass cloth to the inside of the scales.

Food for more thought.
There are plenty of sources for "German Silver"/ " nickle silver," etc. a form of white brass long used for knife and razor construction and decoration. It would be available in down to 0.01 thickness. That is about two sheets of paper
It may be bought in 4x6 inch sheets from many online venders.
JMO
~Richard
Usually a lot cheaper from an industrial source rather than a Jewelry supply. Not always so do your homework!

Originally Posted by Geezer

Food for more thought.
There are plenty of sources for "German Silver"/ " nickle silver," etc. a form of white brass long used for knife and razor construction and decoration. It would be available in down to 0.01 thickness. That is about two sheets of paper
It may be bought in 4x6 inch sheets from many online venders.
JMO


~Richard
Usually a lot cheaper from an industrial source rather than a Jewelry supply. Not always so do your homework!

Mr. Geezer, what you know and share continues to astound me

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Im leaning towards some metal at this point. I wantex to do this a while back (use brass) but im thinking now that when brass gets dirty it would be hard to clean on the insides. Still, thanks to all for the comments. Its good to know there are a few options out there.

Important Hint:

The "liner" MUST be more flexible than the scales, you are setting the material up for a Negative Bend or an Inside Bend, that means it wants to come off the material it is bonded to with every flex

When gluing Metal liners creating what is called a "Mechanical Lock" will strengthen the bond this can be accomplished with a few holes in the metal and matching divots in the inside of the scale material..

Be very aware of weight too, stropping and honing an off-balance razor is just tiresome, and awkward

Epoxy is good, but the Bedding Glass used for Rifle Stocks is way better aka Accu-Glass and other names


ps: i am a little confused/concerned with how flexible you are saying the scale material is


Experienced gained through many experiments and failures

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

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It is available down to 0.015 or less. Google carbon fiber sheet.

;~Richard