My most recent scale making attempt went pretty well until I pinned up the razor and it wouldn't close straight. What's very curious to me is that it doesn't seem to be the pin. Normally I would assume I drilled the pin hole crooked and the blade was "aimed" wrong from the get go, but that doesn't appear to be the problem. As the blade closes and more of the tang (the part in between the pivot and the blade) enters the scales, it pushes more on one side and sends it off center.

I've sort of solved the problem by stacking some washers inside the scales on one side of the razor, but it's hardly a perfect solution. Has anyone seen a problem like this? Am I just deceiving myself when I say it isn't the pin? Or is this a problem that happens when you don't have a wedge shaped spacer? I will probably just leave this razor as is and sell it as a starter razor (it's a no name Sheffield anyway) but I'd like to avoid the same problem in the future.