Thread: Re-placing Scales

I have been re-conditioning about 20 straights, that I made a great buy on, for the last couple of months....
These two needed new scales besides needing polishing and sharpening.
I ordered two of the Pakkawood replacements from Classic-shaving.com made by Dovo and went for it.
Couple of things that I thought would be helpful for anyone else that decides to use these.....
1. They are pre-drilled, even though you cant see this from the pics, and the add is written so that it says you have to drill the pivot hole. So they will not fit all razors. I lucked out...!!!!!!
2. The distance from the pivot hole to your razor toe or tip must be at 4.55 inches (used a micrometer) (11.7mm), or less, for these to fit, I lucked out...!!!!!!
3. Keep the old wafers or washers from the old razor scales, there is only one with the re-placement scales. I lucked out..!!!!!
4. If you are not good with small parts, watch out, you will need to use a mini set of long nose pliers to press on the tiny lock washer that goes around the pin, it will try and get lost!!!! I am a gunsmith so I'm used to little tiny parts trying to get away from me, I lucked out...!!!!!!
5. The way the Dovo pins and washers work, you need very little pin left because of the spring action of the washers so clip it close, so you get a nice neat look. I lucked out...!!!!!
6. A set of mini metal files is not a bad thing to have around, to clean up the rough edges of the preened pins. I lucked out...!!!!!
7. If you have never worked with tiny little parts don't try it, clock repair, gun-smithing, modeling, as in airplanes, cars etc, carburetor repair, these types of skill sets, if you posses them make this is an easy project
Just some rambling thoughts to help!!!
These two are
An A.G. Ashi & N. Coury "Our Best" #107 made in Germany (in the natural Pakkawood scales)
And a Joseph Elliot "Best Silver Steel" Wolff & Lane co. "Real Hollow Ground Razor" (in the red Pakkawood Scales)

Glen
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Glen
reposted from B&B thought some here might be interested also

I found that alot of my skills learned when I was gunsmithing came in super handy, as well as many tools I still had. Now that I'm working as a cook and training for Chef my knife working skills came in handy for honeing. Seems all my hobbies and jobs center around steel

Those look like some great razors there Keep it up...

Nice to know some gunsmiths are aboard.

I'm not a gunsmith, but have done minor mods (standard stuff) on my own guns, mainly replicas of old-west guns (trigger jobs, smoothing, timing, etc.) and I've done some rebuilding on an old Winchester 1873 in .32 WCF.

Nice to know some folks I can contact if I need good gunsmithing!

Man, old thread...!

Pretty much three years old to the day.

They are still gunsmiths...and Glen "lucked out" all the same...

BTW, I do a little gunsmithing myself...