Thread: Saving Scales

No scales are too far gone :/
Lovely pressed horn had to be saved..
One month in neatsfoot oil...

I have used that method for years except I use a straight pin because it is thinner and just as strong.
I also take really bad scales (honey horn, dark horn, bone, ivory) and sand them down and save the powder in small containers. I use the powder along with superglue to rebuild missing parts of scales.

Looking good!

Bamboo tooth picks?

Bamboo is amazingly strong for its size. I use them and skewers for all kinds of uses. They are great for wood when repairing a striped out or loose screw. Just glue in the hole and run the screw back in or fill the hole with toothpick or skewer cut off flush and re-drill the hole once the glue has dried.

I too sand over a clean cookie sheet to save the powder and sprinkle over CA glue. For black horn a sharpie works great to match the color a drop of CA over the sharpie seals it.

Nice work, great save.

Nice save. They look like new.

I’d love to see how you construct your metal wedges.

Originally Posted by bouschie

I have used that method for years except I use a straight pin because it is thinner and just as strong.
I also take really bad scales (honey horn, dark horn, bone, ivory) and sand them down and save the powder in small containers. I use the powder along with superglue to rebuild missing parts of scales.

I have a nice stash of Bone & Horn dust , different coarseness's too... When it comes to out of sight fixes like this one i just use J.B Weld (Steel)..

Well done. End result is a very nice looking razor. What did you finish the scales with?

Originally Posted by CrescentCityRazors

Well done. End result is a very nice looking razor. What did you finish the scales with?

Thanks..I was hoping someone would not ask that question ha ha.. It is an anti chip no primer needed satin black spray..3 coats applied properly will last a lifetime.. I guess i kinda turned horn into a type of plastic? woops..

What do you guys think, is that wrong or acceptable?

It is not uncommon in saving old scales that fillers are used, epoxy binder will leave a flat area in the polish, so CA can be used to seal the epoxy to a Polish able finish. So I guess plastic coatings and fillers are not uncommon in saving old scales.

Why bother to save the horn if they are then painted?