Thread: Pre Made Scales

Originally Posted by JOB15

Hi steve,
I think that is a good idea..First port of call would be to look down the spine from every direction and check if the blade is straight ..

The blade is nothing special, PaulFLUS kindly gave it to me to practice honing with but the scales cracked at the pivot and came away so I would like to rescale it in the spirit of continued learning.

Its a 9/16 smile with a smiling spine. L Lowe & Co, Milwaukee. it does look staight to me and lays flat along its length when I tilt the blade toward the table.

Like I say it's not a special razor but I love all my razors whatever the quality so I am really hoping to make it beautiful.

I killed the edge so I could work with it and it needs a good sanding and polish before i add the scales.

I will probably try with lolly sticks first as suggested here but the downside to that is that I would burn through rod and washers.